tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63125312733151843452024-02-24T11:25:40.976+02:00Online MapsGeography, cartography, news on maps, online maps and route planners from around the world.oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.comBlogger470125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-14268528953892977972015-03-16T12:31:00.001+02:002015-03-16T12:31:36.659+02:00Visible country bordersCountry borders visible from space.
USA - Mexico
Angola - Namibia
Guatemala - Belize
Malaysia - Brunei
Russia - China
Haiti - Dominican Republic
India - Bangladesh
Lebanon - Israel - Syria
Israel - Egypt - Gaza
UAE - Oman
Paraguay - Argentina - Brazil
Pakistan - India
Lesotho - South Africa
via Imgur oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-37338119494745532862015-03-02T13:04:00.000+02:002015-03-02T13:04:03.218+02:00Territorial evolution of Israel/PalestineIf we look at these maps we will have a good overview of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Israel from the Israeli point of view:
Jewish Loss of Land, 1000 BCE to 2013 (x)
Incredible Shrinking Israel: the extent it will go for peace (x)
Promised Land, based on God’s promise to Abraham:
"I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates" oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-64092229975811440882015-02-18T11:34:00.000+02:002015-09-25T11:24:34.416+03:00Germany physical mapPhysical map of Germany.
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By Lencer and NordNordWest [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commonsoterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-39706538797591494372015-02-01T09:40:00.001+02:002015-02-01T09:44:04.336+02:00Old World MapsWorld maps through history.
Al-Idrisi’s world map in an 1154 atlas with Arabia on top:
Pietro Vesconte's world map, oriented to the east at the top, 14th century:
A map based on Ptolemy's Geographia, 1482:
Johann Ruysch's map, 1507:
Clavdii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo Bilibaldo
Pirckeym hero interprete Annotationes Ioannes de Regio Monte oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-71168716859266770312014-12-08T13:20:00.000+02:002014-12-08T16:24:32.306+02:00The Cedid Atlas, 1803The Cedid Atlas is the first comprehensive atlas compiled by the Ottoman Empire and published in Istanbul in 1803.
World
Asia
Africa
America
Europe
United States
Greece
Turkey and the Middle East
Egypt
Hemispheres
England
Scotland
French Kingdom
French Republic
Poland
Spain and Italy
Low Countries
Germany
oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-43578668940801764752014-11-10T13:11:00.001+02:002014-11-10T13:11:05.340+02:00South Dakota County MapCounties of South Dakota.
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Most popular posts on MOTW based on the number of tumblr notes, excluding reblogs.
Old World Language Families Map - 6,647 notes
Map of Yellowstone Park drawn as a bear - 4,062 notes
Countries that recognize the state of Palestine, 2014 - 2,941 notes
Countries that look like other countries, with bonus wow content - 1,954 notes
Average Number of Languages Spoken by the EU Population - 1,806 oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-17381737245926441492014-10-23T12:24:00.000+03:002014-10-23T12:25:54.310+03:00Longest Straight Lines Without Crossing CoastsThe longest distance you can travel between two points in straight line without crossing any ocean or any major water bodies:
Source and more info
The straight line you can follow by sea. Almost 20,000 miles from Pakistan to the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Source
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Sources: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-49328873515607378802014-10-07T12:48:00.002+03:002014-10-07T12:48:47.983+03:00Most popular on MapsOnTheWeb, September 2014Most popular posts on MOTW based on the number of tumblr notes, excluding reblogs.
How Africa Would Look Like if its Borders Were Defined By Ethnicity and Language - 17,154 notes
Countries with less population than PewDiePie’s subscribers - 10,793 notes
Prevalence of “um” vs. “uh” in the United States - 8801 notes
Favorite music artist by US state - 4037 notes
Which country last (successfully) oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-61040854732988526442014-09-28T01:00:00.000+03:002014-09-28T01:00:00.796+03:00GDP per capita in Europe, 2015, estimatesGDP per capita in Europe in 2015. IMF estimates.
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Moldova has the smallest nominal and PPP adjusted GDP per capita in Europe due to corruption, tax evasion and the undiversified economy based mainly on wine and fruit exports to Russia.
Other countries not shown on the map:
Ukraine: 4,273
Turkey: 10,504
Georgia: 3,949
Azerbaijan: 9,279
Armenia: 3,517
PPP oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-58671206822286620772014-09-18T12:37:00.003+03:002014-09-18T12:38:25.409+03:00Europe Population Density MapPopulation density in Europe.
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Map by Rand McNallyoterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-12632884568442449632014-09-04T13:26:00.001+03:002014-09-04T13:27:24.249+03:00Salar de Uyuni MapRoad network near Salar de Uyuni and Salar de Coipasa, Bolivia.
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Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat at
10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located in the Potosí and
Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes and
is at an elevation of 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above mean sea level. (wikipedia)
Source: oterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-51430239355166112382014-07-24T17:33:00.002+03:002014-07-24T17:33:26.882+03:00CompareMaps: Comparing major map providersCompareMaps is a great tool for comparing differences between major map providers like Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, Bing Maps and Nokia Here Maps.
http://comparemaps.drona.ro/
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A list with online tools and libraries for creating interactive or static maps.
DataWrapper (github): An open source data visualization platform helping everyone to create simple, correct and embeddable charts in minutes.
DataMaps: Customizable SVG map visualizations for the web in a single Javascript file usingoterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-27545942834239314612014-06-14T09:02:00.000+03:002014-06-14T09:02:19.569+03:00Santiago and ValparaisoThe densely populated region of Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile.
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preview
Source: https://mightygoods.com/biggest-football-stadiums/
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Source: NASA World Wind, mattsdfghoterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-68799256382646179252014-04-09T13:09:00.001+03:002014-04-09T13:09:54.354+03:00Malta tourist attractionsMap of tourist attractions in Malta.
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Andre Thevet, 1575
Abraham Ortelius, 1570
Diego Gutiérrez, 1562
More old maps of South America >>
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Bolivia is divided into nine departments (Spanish: departamentos). Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces (provincias), which are further subdivided into municipalities (municipios).
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Blue - French territories, Red - English territories
published by Fortune Magazine, viaoterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-83208634468402740262013-12-13T12:20:00.001+02:002013-12-13T12:20:14.118+02:00New England States MapStates of New England.
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. New England is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada, and the State of New York.
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Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular – provincia).
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Source: Wikimedia Commons
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