The Map Scroll

(h/t to the Sex Pistols for the title, natch) According to the BBC's Mark Easton , these twinned maps provide "a measure of people...

Wow, this site is amazing. "Radio Aporee" has Google Earth-type satellite imagery of the whole world and, like Google Earth, allo...

Well, here's a useful tool! It's a Google Maps Mashup that lets you see the damage radius of nuclear strikes on given locations. It...

Palestine, from 1917-present. If I were Palestinian? This would irk me. (Here's the link to see large (actually readable) versions of t...

This is interesting. I don't usually think of world religions in these sorts of binomial terms. (Purple indicates areas where the Abrah...

Speaking of national happiness... This map shows levels of "subjective well-being" around the world - i.e., how happy people say t...

Bhutan - a cuddly little egg of a Buddhist kingdom tucked obscurely into the Himalayan Mountains - makes for a rather exciting topographical...

Here's a link to what the polar ice caps look like today. Tick tock.

Here's a fun look at the spread of Wal-Mart since its humble inception. I mean, they didn't have to choose the color of gangrene......

We wears some big shoes ! If, all Matrix-style, you see humanity as a corrosive parasite, a life-destroying succubus on Mama Gaia, then thi...

Dear Internets, You know what you need? A blog that updates with one new bitchin map every goddamn day. Oh, there are some nice map blogs ou...