What would the world look like if it was mapped according to the relative populations?Me:
Glad you asked that! Here it is:This is the result of WORLDMAPPER: The world as you've never seen it before. Where there are literally hundreds of different maps that display the world geography as a relative measure of something. There's everything from % of population making <$1/day to internet usage. This is an awesome way to display a helluva lot of information so it can be easily processed and understood by a viewer.
As far as I can tell all this does is assigns a grid to a standard map and then each vertex of the grid is given a value relative to a neutral position. Example: a geographic point which is known to have $2/year income is going to be 2 pixels away from any neighbouring pixels. The coloured map just stretches or pinches as the grid moves, kinda like stretching a blanket.
If only this could be setup to display on a digital picture frame. Each image would have to be a picture of the map with a description explaining the relationship it's adjusted for. Who's up for making images of each and adding the label so I can use it in iPhoto?
Not it!
OK fine. We'll just all use it as a total time waster at work like everybody else.
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