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"An illuminating map"

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Blogger Tom said...

I don't find it all that illuminating. The most striking contrast we see, as Steve noted, is a reflection of population density.

Yes, India is deep orange and Germany is brown, but it doesn't feel that much different with so much cream and yellow around. Meanwhile, rural France and rural Thailand are the same color! How does that happen? The two countries have similar population, but perhaps Thailand's stats fails to keep tabs on migration to urban areas.

1/18/07, 6:04 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The site also has that well-known composite photo showing the world at night as seen from space. I may be thinking of something else, but as far as I recall that photo has been shown to be a hoax, or at least modified beyond recognition.

Peter
Iron Rails & Iron Weights

1/18/07, 6:46 AM

Blogger Theo_musher said...

its not a map that mostly just shows population density. I don't agree.

1/18/07, 6:47 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

140 million people on Java, it's insanely overcrowded.

1/18/07, 12:17 PM

Anonymous Joe said...

Peter, the "lights at night" map is based on satellite imagery and is a composite. See Bright Lights, Big City article from NASA for details.

1/18/07, 1:24 PM

Blogger Kai Carver said...

How could Charles Murray overlook the obvious link between hog farming and human accomplishment? (sorry :-)

1/18/07, 4:41 PM

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