population 2050
Sandeep Sood - March 26, 2007
Worldmapper.org warps world maps based on factors such as birth rates, GDP, and population. It amazes me how much more significant it feels to see a visual representation of something rather than to read facts and figures (which is why Al Gore climbing a ladder to show the rise of global warming in an Inconvenient Truth was an excellent touch).
Check out how fat India looks based on its population in 2050.
Kinda scary or exciting, depending on your feelings around volume and glasses of water (not to mention the presence of heavy metals in the water, the temperature of the water, the availability of that water, and perhaps the politics around access to that water - makes me want a coconut.)
Wanna see the US get fat? Check out their maps based on carbon emissions or GDP.
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Posted by Sandeep Sood at March 26, 2007 11:05 AM
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1. Posted by
MallikaChopra
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March 26, 2007 11:41 AM
gaa, im from new zealand (to the right of australia) it doesn't even feature on that map!!!!
2. Posted by
stevesnz
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March 26, 2007 02:06 PM
Dear Sandeep
A brillant series regarding India can be found in the communications maps series -- check the following, in this order, for a good insight into the present moment and a clear picture of what needs to be done in the future:
Map 329 - telephone faults
Map 332 - telephone lines 2002
Map 334 - cellular subscribers 2002
Map 343 - books published
Map 344 - books borrowed
Map 345 - films watched (Bollywood rocks!)
India thrives on communications (including literature and entertainment), but the infrastructure to deliver it is underfunded and undermaintained. Imagine what a powerhouse India will be once those problems are addressed.
love, Heath
3. Posted by
hgquinn
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March 26, 2007 04:11 PM
Heath, the communication maps are excellent - thanks for pointing them out!
Mallika, I have learned a lot from the raw food movement, but still regularly love me some roti, subji, and daal (with lots of ghee & some good mango pickle to boot).
4. Posted by
Sandeep Sood
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March 27, 2007 12:02 AM
What do the colors on the map signify?
India and China have the world's greatest potential for transformation and simultaneously have some the world's largest and toughest problems.
It will be very interesting.
5. Posted by
yogi-one
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March 28, 2007 01:09 AM
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yogi-one commented on population 2050
What do the colors on the map signify?
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Sandeep Sood commented on population 2050
Heath, the communication maps are excellent - t
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hgquinn commented on population 2050
Dear Sandeep
A brillant series regardin
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stevesnz commented on population 2050
gaa, im from new zealand (to the right of austr
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MallikaChopra commented on population 2050
Wow, Sandeep, the carbon emissions map is scary
Wow, Sandeep, the carbon emissions map is scary. Africa is almost non-existent in that and the GDP one.
India looks a bit chubby above...
(The coconut chop in that video looks like it could cut off some fingers! Are you a raw food guy?)
Mallika