Posts Tagged: maps
“The cartogram is made up of squares, each of which represents half a million people of a country’s population. The 11.5 million Belgians are represented by 23 squares; the 49.5 million Colombians are represented by 99 squares; the 1.415 billion people in China are represented by 2830 squares; and this year’s entire world population of 7.633 billion people is represented by the total sum of 15,266 squares.“
Google Maps’s Moat — How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps?
Interesting comparison between Google and Apple maps. Particularly fascinating is the analysis of how Google seems to be generating new features (data) by algorithmically analysing and combining aerial and streetview imagery (other data).