06 April 2006

OF FACTS AND MAPS...

JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM, JUST THE FACTS

The World Factbook for 2006 is now available at the CIA (US Central Intelligence Agency) website. Despite its origins, it is a wonderful resource. Included are country profiles, maps, data, flags, and much more on just about every country in the world. It is searchable.

URL: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html


AND SPEAKING OF MAPS….

There’s a neat new tool available—Worldmapper “the world as you’ve never seen it before.” It consists of global maps, actually cartograms, each of which re-sizes the countries of the world according to some variable, such as population. It is a wonderful tool. You can print each map as a pdf file, along with some extra information, or buy a high-quality version from them.

Worldmapper is a joint project of professors from the University of Sheffield, UK, the University of Michigan, USA, The Leverhulme Trust and the Geographical Association.

URL: http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/

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