Sunday, December 5, 2010

Cartogram of the World Economy

http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_economy_cartogram This cartogram distorts the actual area of world countries in order to reshape them into a size corresponding to their Gross Domestic Product per capita. It provides an interesting contrast to standard maps of the world because it allows the cartographer to portray the power/status of individual nations visually without being constrained by the actual size of the nations, thus making the data more impactful.

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