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Category: Maps & Data Visualisation

All things Maps and data Visualisation

  • Progress amidst Tragedy

    Max Roser and “Our World in Data” – The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimates that in 1990 more than 12 million children died. Most of these deaths were preventable, and arose from illness and poverty.

    Let’s put this in perspective. Aviation disasters are a form of tragedy that is both relatively uncommon and widely reported. A Boeing 747 can carry up to 620 people. The total number of child deaths in 1990 is equivalent to 53 massive aircraft disasters every day, involving primarily children, with no survivors.

    The number of child deaths declined from over 12 million in 1990 to 5.8 million in 2015 (the year for which we have the latest data). Notably, this decline by 6.3 million child deaths happened despite the absolute number of births increasing slightly over the same period.

    6.3 million fewer deaths means that compared with 1990, there are 17,258 fewer child deaths every single day.

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  • Hans. How not to be ignorant

    Hans. How not to be ignorant

    At a time when it appears revealed truths, beliefs and opinions are increasingly privileged in public and political debate,there was always Hans…

    Vale, Hans Rosling

    [ted id=2090]

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  • Moving

    Moving

    Mapping the world’s immigration flows, by country-by-country.

    Some notes about Australia:

    By these estimates, Australia’s net immigration is negative with every country in the world, except for a small positive immigration balance with Sudan.

    Australia is the only country in the world to have significant positive net immigration with the US.

     

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  • Global Extremes of Population Density

    Global Extremes of Population Density

    Max Galka [@galka_max] on global population densities.

    Just 5% of the world lives in the entire blue area. Another 5% lives in the red area.

    Good to see discussion of Gall-Peters v Mercator. I sit with Gall-Peters when a globe is not available!. [Am pretty sure the GTAV were one of the first to introduce this in the 80’s… had one in my classroom in 1987!]

  • Is the World more Peaceful?

    Is the World more Peaceful?

    Apparently, nope…

    Vision of Humanity is a strong proponent of the need to further study, advocate and act on peace. It groups together a number of interrelated initiatives focused on global peace which enjoy the support of a wide range of philanthropists, business people, politicians, religious leaders and intellectuals. It brings a strategic approach to raising the world’s attention and awareness around the importance of peace to humanity’s survival in the 21st century.

  • OneZoom – The Tree of Life

    OneZoom – The Tree of Life

    Think about this for a moment.  Fractal-based mind-map that can contain and visualise all human knowledge.

    The OneZoom software uses fractals to condense the entire tree of life into a single, zoomable page. OneZoom® is so named because all the information is on a single page: all you have to do is zoom to reveal details.

    Not a bad start…

    “Big data” is a growing issue in Science and Industry. Modern computing has enabled large amounts of data to be captured and stored and has revolutionised many branches of science. These advances, however, lead to challenges, such as how to explore and visualise large data sets. The very first blue-skies idea that could have been identified with OneZoom was that of a mind map so vast that it could contain all human knowledge.

     

    www.onezoom.org

    ONeZoom
    [Source: OneZoom.org]

    You can now sponsor a leaf on the tree for yourself or as a unique gift. Your donations will help the OneZoom charity provide easy access to scientific knowledge about biodiversity and evolution. OneZoom is a registered charity in the UK. Their aim to provide easy access to scientific knowledge about biodiversity and evolution, and raise awareness about the variety of life on earth together with the need to conserve it.

  • A Trillion Here… a Trillion there….

    A Trillion Here… a Trillion there….

    An outstanding comparative analysis of the dollar “cost” of US Wars, “then and now”.

    Apologies to [either Dirksen or Rockefeller], but certainly, once we have a trillion here, and a trillion there, “pretty soon, you’re talking real money” !

    We know these numbers are staggering.  Recently [late 2015], Bank of America Merrill Lynch [ BoAML ] produced analysis showing that:

    1. The US spends more on its defence budget than the next fifteen [15] countries combined
    2. The US Pentagon spends more than all 50 States in the US spend on health, education, welfare and safety combined
    3. The US has 5% of the world’s population but almost 50% of total global military spending

    Note: Consider the little country in the bottom right-hand corner! [Australia], punching above our weight as they say! More to come

    Global Defence Spending

    Global Defence Spending
    [Source: BoAML – Transforming World Atlas 2015]

     

    Norwich University has produced this infographic, depicting the comparative size/percentage of military expenditure in wars fought by the United States of America.

    Though it lasted fewer than four years, World War II was the most expensive war in United States history. Adjusted for inflation to today’s dollars, the war cost over $4 trillion and in 1945, the war’s last year, defense spending comprised about 40% of GDP. During that time, the government used new methods to raise the required funds and succeeded in accomplishing its goal. While the wars waged in today’s world are significant and costly, they still pale in comparison to the size and financial impact of World War II.

    – Online Master of Arts in Military History

    Then & Now – The Cost of US Wars

    The Cost of U.S. Wars Then and Now
    [Source: Norwich University Online Master of Arts in History Program ]
    Norwich University’s Online Master of Arts in History Program

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  • The world’s Income

    The world’s Income

    The team at HowMuch.net  continue their excellent work.

    The full article can be found here.

    The Global Finance Magazine recently released an article comparing countries by income across the world for 2015, sourcing data from the World Bank. Gross National Income (GNI) per capita is the final income earned by a country’s residents divided by the total population.

    Countries are divided into 4 different groups:

    • Group 1 – Low income: $1,045 or less

    • Group 2 – Lower middle income: $1,046 to $4,125

    • Group 3 – Upper middle income: $4,126 to $12,745

    • Group 4 – High income: $12,746 or more

    Based on the data of 204 countries, below is a breakdown of the number of countries that fall within each of the 4 income groups listed above.

    • Group 1 – Low income: 17%

    • Group 2 – Lower middle income: 25%

    • Group 3 – Upper middle income: 26%

    • Group 4 – High income: 32%

     

    Oceania, Asia and Africa

    Oceania

    Asia

    Africa

     

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  • Just breath…

    Just breath…

    NASA’s yearly Biosphere cycle never ceases to amaze. What is, in effect, “global lungs” inhaling and exhaling.

    Satellite instruments reveal the yearly cycle of plant life on the land and in the water. On land, the images represent the density of plant growth, while in the oceans they show the chlorophyll concentration from tiny, plant-like organisms called phytoplankton. From December to February, during the northern hemisphere winter, plant life in the higher latitudes is minimal and receives little sunlight. However, even in the mid latitudes plants are dormant, shown here with browns and yellows on the land and dark blues in the ocean.

    By contrast the southern ocean and land masses are at the height of the summer season and plant life is revealed with dark green colors on the land and in the ocean. As the year progresses, the situations reverses, with plant life following the increased sunlight northward, while the southern hemisphere experiences decreased plant activity during its’ winter.

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