The Rise & Fall of National Rail Networks

The Berliner-Morgenpost has visualized the rise and fall of the German rail network from its rapid growth in the 19th Century right up to its 21st Century post-privatization contraction. The German Rail Network from 1835 Until Today uses an interactive map to show all the active rail lines in Germany for every single year from 1835 until 2022.On December the 7th 1835 a six-kilometer rail line Maps Mania… more →
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The National Stereotypes Maps – Part Two

Buzzfeed has started a new mapping trend with their AI generated images of state stereotypes. Last week Buzzfeed asked a generative AI image model to create a photograph of a person from each U.S. state, as typically perceived by a European. You can view the results in the post This is What Europeans Think of Us. I was inspired by the Buzzfeed post to create my own National Stereotypes Map. To Maps Mania… more →
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The National Fast Food Index

If you buy a MacDonald’s Big Mac in Lee, Massachuesetts you will have to pay a whopping $ 7.89. That is over twice as expensive as buying the very same burger at a MacDonald’s in Eufaula, Oklahoma, where a Big Mac costs just £3.39. The price of a MacDonald’s Big Mac in the towns of Lee & Eufaula, and in the other 13,271 MacDonald’s outlets in the United States can be explored on the Fast Food Maps Mania… more →
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