3 Interesting Maps

Source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast15nov_1/

 

This map is called the World at Night, and it comes from NASA. I find this map interesting, because it illustrates many aspects of the world currently. Firstly it shows the spread of development throughout the world, because clearly you can assume the more developed an area is, the more lights it will have, because it will have greater infrastructure. In the same sense this map also shows which countries have better provision of public services, stronger economies, better education and healthcare, and better GDP's. This is extraordinary that all of this information can come from simply the amount of light an area or country gives off.

 

 

 

      

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010_UK_general_election_constituency_map.svg 

I find this map interesting because it illustrates the spread of the different political constituencies within the United Kingdom and which political party holds office in that area. The Conservative party is illustrated in blue, the Labour Party is illustrated in Red and the Liberal Democrats in Yellow. This map is useful, because it quickly shows the spread of the vote and the collection of areas in which the different parties hold more power. On the other hand it is not accurate as it fails to show the size of the different constitutions population wise.

Source: http://openflights.org/data.html

I find this map interesting, because it shows all of the flight paths around the world. From this map the amount of trade and even the reltive GDP can be inferred, ie the more flight paths going to countries, the higher the relative GDP of the country due to higher trade activity. The two areas with the most flight paths are clearly Europe and America, with China also being a prevalent area. On the other hand places such as South America and Africa have far less flight paths. This shows that Europe, America and China trade on a greater level than South American and African nations.