While most of us use Google Maps and GPS on a daily basis, it’s pretty rare to find real fans of cartography, the study and practice of making and using maps. If you were ever into geography or history as a kid, the chances are you’re not much of a map person.
But today, we’re going to turn this around. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively. And below we collected some of the most unusual, intriguing and informative examples of maps that will put our reality in a whole new realm.
Thanks to this awesome corner of Reddit (whose name we cannot mention thanks to the notorious internet police), there’s a LOT to uncover! Get ready to boost that inner adventurer of yours since we’re about to go places you’ve never even known existed. Psst! More awesome maps can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.
#1 A Map Centered On Antarctica
Image source: TeroLife
#2 Made An Ink Map Of The Grand Canyon!
Image source: _Triangulum
#3 Countries That Have Had Female Heads Of State Or Government In The Last Century
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#4 15th October 2019 – 1st November 2021: Indian Households With A Tap Water Connection (Data: Jal Jeevan Mission)
Image source: FrozenJalapeno
#5 This Map Of All Of The Sunken Japanese Ships Of Wwii Is Mind Blowing!
Image source: Disastrous_Ratio7510
#6 The Topography Of Russia
Image source: boytutoy
#7 The New Longest Possible Train Journey In The World
Image source: htGoSEVe
#8 Comparative Size Of Australia And The Mediterranean
Image source: totally-suspicious
#9 Odd Places In The UK
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#10 Atheists Are Prohibited From Holding Public Office In 8 Us States
Image source: clayagds99
#11 Canada, But Its Just Roads
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#12 A Map Visualizing The Armenian Genocide – Started 106 Years Ago
Image source: roiaumedejherusalem
#13 Countries With The Most Islands
Image source: magontklas
#14 America’s Beautiful Weather Zones By Mattie Lubchansky
Image source: Yosemite_Scott
#15 20 Years Of Deforestation In The Amazon
Image source: crossground
#16 Canada, But Its Just Trees
Image source: burgerking_foot
#17 The World If The Sea Level Decreased By 1000 Meters
Image source: burgerking_foot
#18 Is Escape A Crime?
Image source: Mmaps_interlude
#19 A Phone-Map Of Ireland
Image source: GriffinFTW
#20 This Road Trip Will Be The Same Temperature Year-Round
Image source: burgerking_foot
#21 Innocent Opinions That Divide Nations
Image source: atlasova
#22 The World’s Longest Non-Stop Flights
Image source: behrkon
#23 Most Common Means Of Transportation To Work By County. [usa] Acs Survey
Image source: railrod7
#24 Europe: Protests: 2020-2021
Image source: i_make_maps_0
#25 Each Star Represents A Capital City Of A Country
Image source: XtremeBurrito
#26 European Cultural Superiority
Image source: SpartanKing76
#27 Government Request To Remove Content (Google) Since 2011
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#28 Olympus Mons Compared To France
Image source: burgerking_foot
#29 Europe And North America At The Same Latitude
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#30 “Lgbtq+ Free” Zones In Poland
Image source: roiaumedejherusalem
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