1. The Netherlands / Nederland
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Every meteorite fall on earth mapped
After the meteor explosion in the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains the Guardian Data Blog:created a map with every meteorite falls.
Or at least those we know about. And where are the known meteorite landing places on earth? These impact zones show where scientists have found meteorites, or the impact craters of meteorites, some dating back as far as the year 2,300BC. The data is from the US Meteorological Society and doesn't show those places where meteorites may have fallen but not been discovered .
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Simulate a nuclear explosion in your city
Select a place on the map, set the yield of the nuclear weapon and see the destruction.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Muslim World, old map
An 1900's map and infographic of the Muslim world with population data of "countries having 2,000,000 or more Mohammedan population".
Source: S.M. Zwemer, The Moslem World, Student Volunteer Movement For Foreign Missions, Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, 1908
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Source: S.M. Zwemer, The Moslem World, Student Volunteer Movement For Foreign Missions, Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, 1908
Monday, February 11, 2013
London from space
London from space at night. Picture made by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield from International Space Station in February, 2013.
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Interactive map of world's most liveable cities
This interactive map shows the quality of living rankings for the top city in countries around the world from the Mercer survey. Please note that only those countries and cities are included for which information was made publically available. It includes all countries which have cities in the top 50 ranking, as well as the top cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa regions.
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