Fun with maps

[lonewolf]

Who and how keeps instantaneous track of worldwide births? .. or, are those flashes at intervals based on annual births?

[Trickstat]

Who and how keeps instantaneous track of worldwide births? .. or, are those flashes at intervals based on annual births?

I assume they are based on annual births.

[El Toro]

Topical (but not fun) map on the 2019-nCoV spread by Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins:

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

[bambam1729]

https://www.atlanta2020trials.com/qualifier-statistics

This might actually go in Current Events but is interesting

[gh]

"'hilarious terrible maps"

https://www.farandwide.com/s/hilario...ontent=1002206

[tandfman]

From The Atlantic:

Headline:
Mapping Wikipedia


An unprecedented data set shows where the encyclopedia’s editors are, where they aren’t, and why.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technolo...nd-why/605023/

[gh]

wow! lots to absorb in there

[Atticus]

wow! lots to absorb in there

Someone went to GREAT lengths to investigate that fairly insignificant (yet fascinating) topic.

[DrJay]

How about a coronavirus map?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s/?arc404=true

[Conor Dary]

Why not indeed.

[Atticus]

How about a coronavirus map?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s/?arc404=true

This has been on-line at least 5 weeks, when I first saw it.

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

[DrJay]

This has been on-line at least 5 weeks, when I first saw it.

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

Good one.

[gh]

this is a commercial, but nonetheless a WWII resource that some might find interesting

https://www.eastonpress.com/prod/CEE...ChTOlkrQ_jeIOo

[tandfman]

That looks like a great resource, but it costs $180 so I think I'll pass.

[Atticus]

this is a commercial, but nonetheless a WWII resource that some might find interesting

It does look interesting, but at $180, a little too pricey for me.
They missed their prime audience. Fifty years ago, in 1970, with WW2 25 years in the rearview mirror, it'd have been enormously popular, as veterans and their families would be ready for it.
Now it's just a historical curiosity, albeit a fascinating one.