Showing posts with label I am a geography nerd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I am a geography nerd. Show all posts

Sunday, March 17, 2013

38 maps you never knew you needed.


Fellow map lovers! Hearken to my voice! This is marvelous.

38 maps you never knew you needed.

Some of my favorites...

How much space the Great Lakes would take up in Europe.

What's on the opposite side of the Earth.

The imaginary high-speed rail system of my dreams.
Ninety minutes to New York!

State borders redrawn to redistribute population.
I recently moved from the state of Allegheny to the state of Potomac.

What the time zones look like at the South Pole.

Same world, different centerpoint.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

I need to go to the Indian Ocean. Who's coming?

I was playing this geography game the other day. One version had you name all the countries on a continent and another gave you a list of capitals and you had to come up with the matching country name. I killed on Africa (Where in the World fans, unite!) but when I played Asia, I missed one country both times. And it was the same country: the Maldives. Capital city, Male. Ooh, was I annoyed the second time when I missed the same country!

So, I decided to read up on the Maldives since I have clearly suppressed this nation from my memory, and here's what I decided: I must go there.

Why, you ask?

Because this is what their sunsets look like:


Case closed.