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Maps That Help Make Sense of the World


Daedalus

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Hmmm.... Has anyone else noticed a strong correlation between the following four maps posted on that website? Take a close look at Iceland, Norway, Sweeden, and Finland. Then compare North America, South America, Europe, Russia, and Australia. See what I mean?

 

The data might suggest that alcohol consumption

 

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could lead to having sex at a younger age

 

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which increases the number of researchers

 

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who drink a lot of coffee... biggrin.png

 

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Very good.

but one has to keep in mind that those maps may be confusing. The data are collected by country and extended over the entire territory. For example the data from the U.S. are extended over Alaska that is mainly desert. the same goes for Russia, China, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, etc. When the data concerns vegetation that is fine, but when it goes about consumption of coffee it does not give an accurate description of what is going on.

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Very good.

but one has to keep in mind that those maps may be confusing. The data are collected by country and extended over the entire territory. For example the data from the U.S. are extended over Alaska that is mainly desert. the same goes for Russia, China, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, etc. When the data concerns vegetation that is fine, but when it goes about consumption of coffee it does not give an accurate description of what is going on.

 

I was joking and never intended for such correlation between the maps to be taken seriously. I was hoping the smiley hinted towards my intentions.

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I was joking and never intended for such correlation between the maps to be taken seriously. I was hoping the smiley hinted towards my intentions.

My comment is not for your correlation (the smiley was obvious) but for the maps in general.

Professionals involved in mapping know very well how data can be misrepresented in so many cases and how careful must one be in order to make an objective map. Not to say that "objective map" is something that may not exist since from the right beginning when you make a map you have the purpose to show something (to say something) IOW it is like an argumentation, not simply a data.

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