Here is a thread of my favourite maps of Africa. Let me know which you like most and give me your best theories for how thel all fit together.
Starting with population. 1/10
Another thread of maps I like. This time we are looking loosely at the Indian sub continent. Included are India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
First up, Rivers! 1/13
Few people realise the scale of the Himalayas because static maps are a bad way to convey topography. Fortunately, we can use interactive maps to explore topography. Here is an example using Pyvista.
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Mount Everest is about 8 km tall, while Sri Lanka is approximately 450 km wide. In the video, they appear to be the same size, a major distortion of scale.
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Here is a thread of my favourite maps of South America. Let me know which you like most and give me your best theories for how thel all fit together. Starting with Forests. 1/13
Here are all of the rivers and waterways in South America, with coastlines, coloured according to the major hydrological basins they are part of and scaled by their size.
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