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Worldmapper, a new way of looking at a world of data
Worldmapper is a collection of neat maps that display statistics like youth literacy, hospital beds, aircraft departures, fish at risk, nuclear weapons and daily newspapers among many others, plotting them on a world map in a very interesting graphic manor.
The maps cover over 200 territories, plotting subjects and areas with various colors and a little bloating and pinching to easily distinguish the subject coverage. When checking out maps, Worldmapper gives users the ability to download a printable PDF file, view labeled maps, or even export excel data files.
Apart from using this data for school projects, or reports of some kind, the imagery is great for desktop patterns!
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Brian said 7:41PM on 3-28-2007
I have been looking and looking for a map of the US with the states proportional to their population. I see these maps have one like that for countries. At least I'm one step closer.
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