Santiago and Valparaiso

The densely populated region of Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile. Click to enlarge

Continents and changing sea levels

Continental coastlines in case of a 120 m lower sea level vs an 80 m rise in sea level.     Click to enlarge Source: NASA World Wind, mattsdfgh

Antarctica Time Zones And Stations

Time zones and research stations in Antarctica.    Click to enlarge  Centered asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica is the southernmost continent and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean; alternatively, it may be considered to be surrounded by the southern Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, or by the southern waters of the World Ocean. (

Nuclear Capabilities and Potential Around the World

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has been signed by 189 nations since its creation in 1968. It has become the international standard by which nations are judged on their commitment to nuclear non-proliferation. But the treaty has not had a perfect record. Learn more about the pread and containment of nuclear capabilities around the world. http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2008/feb/

Map Fail: Flags of Romania and Bulgaria

BBC map fail. Click to enlarge Source: reddit/r/europe

Map of the countries that are most and least welcoming to foreigners

Click to enlarge Buried several hundred pages into a new World Economic Forum report on global tourism, past the sections on air travel infrastructure and physician density (by which they mean the number of physicians per capita, not the mass-per-cubic-meter of individual doctors), are some very interesting numbers. The WEF has compiled survey data from 140 countries estimating the attitude

Algeria and Libya

Map of Algeria and Libya. Click to enlarge Part of Global Mapping World Map

Suriname and French Guiana

Political map of Suriname and French Guiana. Click to enlarge

Disputed islands between China and Japan

Map of Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands disputed by China and Japan. The dispute is over uninhabited islands known by Japan as the Senkaku and China as the Diaoyu. Japanese officials announced last week that the government would buy three of the islands from the Japanese family that has controlled them for decades. China argues that they were an integral part of its territory for centuries, and were