JCC Terr's Interesting Map Thread (Image Heavy)

Makes sense that happiness is literally the next town over (going north that is) for me.

 

Nobel Laureates by Country


Nobel Laureates by Region

 

Map of syphilis spread from 1875, using Civil War conscription records:

 

Sorry about some of the smaller ones. This was the largest I found so some ned a magnifying glass.

 

This should help. Still, good luck reading the Balkan countries.

 

Not sure what that country marked 'income inequality' is but I bet the U.S. is not far behind.

 

Top baby girls' names by US state since 1960:

 

I just saw this over at another site was toying with posting it.

 

Cool story, Juliet.

I love what Burma leads the world in...

 

Poor Tajikistan.

 

I think we can all agree that Mongolia wins.

Amazing.

 

Austria apparently leads in "Mohnflesserl", which we call "Mohnweckerl" here in Salzburg. In case neither term rings a bell



EDIT: Also, if you're a single male, you should move to Estonia.

 

Oh LA County and your annoyingly old buildings. (I know you east coast people will laugh at that).

Also, the scenery map? Yeah, I agree that Kansas is suuuper boring.

The happiness map... Santa Barbara for sure. That place is paradise... until you need something from Target or want to go to a stadium seating movie theatre

 

L.A. stereotypes map

 

I like how it goes to ****ing Orange County yet doesn't include the Valley as more than a side-note. Anaheim and Inland Empire are already pushing it.

 

Minnesota isn't hipster enough.

 

It's a bit long but very interesting:



Another cool little map tool:

http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/Main.aspx

Let's you look at the popularity of names in the world. I imagine there's some inaccuracy but it's interesting none the less. Also it's a little buggy.

 

Poor Iceland. Almost no sun at all.

 

I don't quite understand what causes the variation. Yeah, the axial tilt of the planet and all, but that doesn't explain the squiggly lines. Mountains?