Simon Kuestenmacher
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Simon Kuestenmacher
@simongerman600
German #geographer and #demographer in #Melbourne. I curate #maps and #data that explain how the #world works. Obviously all opinions are my own...
Melbourne, Victoria
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Joined August 2011
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Jan 29, 2025
    I’m also sharing the same content I’m sharing here on X on Facebook where I operate as “Simon shows you maps”: facebook.com/share/1AXePrrr…
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Nov 11, 2022
    Another US election, another "Land doesn't vote, people do" style map showing the election results.
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Jun 13, 2023
    A female GPS-tracked falcon flew from South Africa to Finland. In 42 days she flew over 10,000 km. That's 230 km per day. What have you achieved in the last 42 days? Source: buff.ly/3ArE2eq
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    This is not a falcon, but a European honey buzzard named "Päivi." The map shows her migration from South Africa to Finland April 15-June 1, 2015. Päivi received her transmitter at her nest in Vesilahti, Finland on August 13, 2013, and was last tracked in May 2019. luomus.fi/en/satellite-h… satelliitti.laji.fi/?lang=en&id=JX…
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    May 20, 2023
    I love Finland. I love their obsession with personal space too. Never have I seen such a hilarious visualisation of how much the Finns love their personal space! It's a real life data visualisation! Source: buff.ly/42Ooi4q
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Jun 5, 2018
    The Norwegian flag is the Swiss Army knife of flags: It contains six other flags!
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Aug 1, 2025
    A beautifully detailed version of an old pie chart joke.
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Jan 13, 2023
    This is a berry good map. The distribution of 19 types of berries native to North America are shown in this interactive map. Source: buff.ly/3ZvAmGv
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Nov 17, 2019
    Outstanding animated globe shows a year worth of earthquakes by depth (July 2017 to July 2018). In the interactive online version you can click on each individual #earthquake to learn more. Epic #dataviz! Source: buff.ly/353fycg
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Nov 2, 2022
    There is a lake in Finland, that looks like Finland. Now you know. Source: buff.ly/3zuuou5
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    Simon Kuestenmacher
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    Jan 31, 2021
    Wow! New research reconstructs a billion (!) years worth of plate tectonics. Mouth watering research. Source: buff.ly/3ah9jpA
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