A friend of mine, Katie, recently passed onto me a link created by the universities of Michigan in the US and Sheffield, UK. The maps measure how the world really measures up.
"Rather than defining each country by size, these computer-generated modified maps - or cartograms - redraw the globe with each country's size proportionate to its strengths, or weaknesses, in a whole series of categories."
Some of the categories include HIV Cases, Military Spending, Wealth History and more.
Its a very interesting series of maps which measures our sometimes distorted realities and puts them back in place for us.
The maps can be found here at the Daily Mail.
On a lighter note, I thought you may appreciate a more humorous take on conservative politics. Thus, I present to you, the World as according to Dubya. I typically try to stay away from blatantly political statements, but this was to good to let go. Enjoy.
