Fun with maps

[jeremyp]

Like to know how the 2016 vote went in your county, or any county in the U.S?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...5/27.90/-92.89

[gh]

geographical distribution of languages in China

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/com...ampaign=buffer

[tandfman]

The population of the U.S. by state in 2040.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-eight-states/

[gh]

the prehistoric shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.9596625a0e12

[Powell]

Not sure it would be called major, but Vaasa has hosted a few European Cup events (lower divisions, not the Super League) and it is further north.

[wamego relays champ]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Tampere, FIN is the northernmost host ever for an international track & field championships. Probably right near the top, too, for just about any Olympic sport. (It is slightly north of Lillehammer, NOR).

Has Reykjavik ever hosted anything major (excluding chess)?

[Atticus]

U.S. lightning-strike frequency
http://lightningsafety.com/nlsi_info..._Lightning.pdf

We're #1! We're #1! We're . . .

[gh]

U.S. lightning-strike frequency

http://lightningsafety.com/nlsi_info..._Lightning.pdf

[Atticus]

Only about a quarter of US adults get enough exercise
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20...-exercise.aspx

Having just been to Colorado, I can attest to the fact that everyone seems to be out running, biking, hiking, kayaking!
On the flip side, being in Deep South, I do declare that's it's just too hot to do anything in the summer except sit out on the veranda sipping mint juleps.

[TN1965]

Only about a quarter of US adults get enough exercise

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20...-exercise.aspx

[jeremyp]

See how your county has changed demographically in 16 years.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...unty-compares/

[TN1965]

America’s graying population in 3 maps

https://www.salon.com/2018/05/27/ame...-maps_partner/

[TN1965]

The 3 most commonly spoken languages in every New York City neighborhood

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-y...ge-maps-2018-5

[26mi235]

And it looks like Harvey Mudd is second; it is the former academic home for our own JRM (also, the computer facilities I used in grad school were on the Mudd campus, so I was in that room many hours most days for several years (with eventual success). The computer center would often get mail for Mudd, Harvey C.

[mcgato]

Yay, UChicago leads the pack!