HOW THE WORLD REALLY SHAPES UP

Victoria Moore wrote a neat article in the Daily Mail (1 March 2007) showing computer-generated maps (cartograms) that show the world with each country’s size proportional to its share of categories such as alcohol consumption, HIV/Aids, house prices, war deaths, military spending, toy imports and exports, and wealth. The cartograms were produced in a unique collaboration between the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA) and Sheffield University, UK.

URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/
worldnews.html?in_article_id=439315&in_page_id=1811