Friday, December 7, 2007

Maps found on internet.....Extra Credit



https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hFMSP9CV8uROHkVdz-4uf09JloAnAwb_5ddwjDQyWEgc8UXV9897I1M_dNg8uQy-7001Vvg5tt_eXjz9F2kAVb14Zm7eoFuR3EYjbyOa7n39T2qtbSMQMHmovR_-6CKYFymKTinrjyY/s1600-h/world_language_map.jpg

I like the topic and the colors of this map. What this map doesn't show is what languages are most spoken, it looks like this is of predominant language in certain countries. Chinese is the language spoken by the most number of people in the world.
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This one also has really good colors and is also a prism map. Although I am not sure what the actual variable was.
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This bumpy geoid is really, really cool. It is supposedly an accurate depiction of the Earth's surface. It is amazing to me that we can figure out things like the surface of the Earth and actually travel in space!

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This map uses colors really well to depict the history of the river channels of the Mississippi.

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