http://www.worldmapper.org/ Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. This newsfeed brings you the latest from Worldmapper. (c) Copyright SASI Group (University of Sheffield)en-en http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=584 Worldmapper: We have drawn a new population map of Pakistan, showing the topography at which people live along the River Indus http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=584 http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=576 The following website gives an overview of some basic map projections and shows some more maps as additional worldmapper references: http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=576 Pills and Pipettes is the title of a newly published book accompanying an exhibition about the chemical and pharmaceutical industry at the German Musum of Technology, Berlin. The chapter on rare diseases includes some worldmapper maps and has been kindly permitted to be published on our website. The document can be downloaded in the news section of our website: http://www.worldmapper.org/news.html Worldmapper has made some contribution to the latest release of the Urban Infill series by the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (see their website here: http://www.cudc.kent.edu/). The book Water|Craft has just been released and is available for purchase on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/water-craft-Urban-Infill-3/dp/1607433710 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f39BTnL09k Worldmapper maps illustrating the song Money by N.A.S.A. feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip (Grant Phabao Remix). Watch the Worldmapper Video Edition of Money at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f39BTnL09k http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?tag=worldcup Worldmapper showing the some football worldcup statistics (http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=511) and South Africa at (http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=517). http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=481 Worldmapper: We have produced a series of maps on the outcome of yesterday's General Election in Britain. The maps are online at http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=481 http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=whatson.production&ProductionID=977 Worldmapper is collaborating with Sheffield-based performance group Third Angel on the project What I Heard About The World. The show will premiere in Sheffield in autumn 2010 an then tour on to Portugal. Further dates in 2011. More information can also be found on the Third Angel blog at http://thirdangeluk.blogspot.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00s77pc/Maps_Power_Plunder_and_Possession_Spirit_of_the_Age/ Worldmapper is featured in the second part of the BBC series Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession. The second part Spirit of the Age is now available via the iPlayer on http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00s77pc/Maps_Power_Plunder_and_Possession_Spirit_of_the_Age/ (please note that it is available to UK users only, and also just for a limited time). http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/presentations/demography/ Worldmapper: Preparing for Peak Population: How the UK fits within world demography. Audio-multimedia slideshow of Danny Dorling's talk at the Royal Commission: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/presentations/demography/ http://tiny.cc/worlddebt Worldmapper: Following the Europe's map, here is a picture of the world's external debt: http://tiny.cc/worlddebt http://tiny.cc/eudebt Worldmapper: It's budget day in the UK, a good opportunity to have a look at the debt levels of Europe's economies: http://tiny.cc/eudebt http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=381 Worldmapper: Another map on the Olympics shows the results of the Paralympics which ended in Vancouver yesterday evening: http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=381 http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=366 Worldmapper: We have created a new population map of the Island of Ireland in the style of the latest worldmapper country cartograms: http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=366 http://feeds.feedburner.com/worldmapper Worldmapper: Our RSS Feed can now also be subscribed via Feedburner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/worldmapper http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=330 Worldmapper: We created a worldmapper map from the current distribution of the Olympic medals. More at http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=330 http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/hello-world-worldmapper-for-kids Worldmapper: We created a slideshow that aims at making the worldmapper maps more understandable to our younger viewers. The presentation is online at Slideshare and we recommend downloading the original file to see all the nice little animations building up on the slides: http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/hello-world-worldmapper-for-kids http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/remapping-the-worlds-population Worldmapper: A new slideshow illustrates a technical paper presented at last year's ESRI UC in San Diego, explaining the creation of our gridded country cartograms: http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/remapping-the-worlds-population Worldmapper: The exhibition Worldmapper has launched its foray into the Balearic schools and has been warmly welcomed by teachers and pupils. Two documents from this event are available for download at our website. Opening panel: http://www.worldmapper.org/files/acib_intro.pdf - Didactic guide: http://www.worldmapper.rog/files/acib_guia.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/yet-another-population-cartogram-how-to-create-gridded-population-cartograms Worldmapper: A short slideshow demonstrates the basic principles of creating gridded cartograms as shown in our country cartograms (http://www.worldpopulationatlas.org/): http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/yet-another-population-cartogram-how-to-create-gridded-population-cartograms http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/why-are-inequalities-in-health-greater-now-than-at-any-times-since-the-1920s Worldmapper: Why are inequalities in health greater now than at any times since the 1920s? Thoughts on this question are presented in the slideshow which again features a series of Worldmapper maps: http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/why-are-inequalities-in-health-greater-now-than-at-any-times-since-the-1920s http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/preparing-for-peak-population-how-the-uk-fits-within-world-demography Worldmapper: Our latest slideshow focuses on population development and puts the UK into perspective within global and European trends: "Preparing for "Peak Population": how the UK fits within world demography" is shown at Slideshare and can also be downloaded there: http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/preparing-for-peak-population-how-the-uk-fits-within-world-demography http://twitter.com/worldmapper Worldmapper: In addition to our RSS-Newsfeed, we will put the latest worldmapper news now also into our Twitter Newsfeed which you can subscribe to here: http://twitter.com/worldmapper http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/89545 Worldmapper: If you do use the latest version 3.6 of Firefox, you can enhance your browsing experience by dressing your browser with our new Worldmapper Personas Theme: http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/89545 http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/world-inequality-and-resources-thinking-outside-the-goldfish-bowl Worldmapper: We have put up another slideshow featuring a bunch of worldmapper maps. The presentation titled "World inequality and resources: thinking outside the goldfish bowl" is shown at Slideshare and can also be downloaded there: http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/world-inequality-and-resources-thinking-outside-the-goldfish-bowl http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/if-lions-could-talkattempts-at-mapping-over-the-borders Worldmapper: We have created a slideshow showing the recently added language maps in a journey around the world, presenting the most spoken first languages and some related facts. The slideshow is online at Slideshare and can also be downloaded there: http://www.slideshare.net/GeoSaSI/if-lions-could-talkattempts-at-mapping-over-the-borders http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=174 Worldmapper: Following high demand we created some more recent maps on the carbon dioxide emissions. Besides the worldmapper features in this (http://www.worldmapper.org/textindex/text_pollution.html) you can now find a series of maps at http://benhennig.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/?p=174 http://www.worldpopulationatlas.org/ Worldmapper: A new series of maps on population is available. The new maps are projecting the population of each territory onto an equal grid and show the territory's shape according to its population distribution. http://www.worldmapper.org/extraindex/text_religion.html Worldmapper: A new series of maps on the subject of Religion is available http://www.worldmapper.org/textindex/text_exploitation.html Worldmapper Maps 347-356 (relating to exploitation) are now available. Apologies for the delay with these. http://www.worldmapper.org/textindex/text_communication.html Worldmapper Maps 329-346 (relating to communication) are now available. Apologies for the delay with these. http://www.worldmapper.org/textindex/text_depletion.html Worldmapper Maps 309-328 (relating to depletion) are now available. Apologies for the delay with these. http://www.worldmapper.org/textindex/text_pollution.html Worldmapper Maps 295-308 (relating to pollution) are now available. Apologies for the delay with these. http://www.worldmapper.org/textindex/text_violence.html Worldmapper Maps 279-294 (relating to violence) are now available. Apologies for the delay with these. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_destruction.html Worldmapper Maps 267-278 (relating to Destruction) are now available. Apologies for the delay with these. The rest will be following over the next few weeks. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_death.html Worldmapper Maps 255-266 (relating to Death) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_disaster.html Worldmapper Maps 245-254 (relating to Disaster) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_disease.html Worldmapper Maps 228-244 (relating to Disease) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_health.html Worldmapper Maps 213-227 - relating to Health, plus the HIV prevalence map - are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_education.html Worldmapper Maps 195-212 (relating to Education) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_housing.html Worldmapper Maps 183-194 (relating to housing) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_poverty.html Worldmapper Maps 173-182 (relating to poverty) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_wealth.html Worldmapper Maps 159-172 (relating to wealth) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_income.html Worldmapper Maps 147-158 (relating to income) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_work.html Worldmapper Maps 133-146 (relating to work) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_production.html Worldmapper Maps 121-132 (relating to production) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_fuel.html Worldmapper Maps 109-120 (relating to fuel) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_resources.html Worldmapper Maps 101-108 (relating to resources) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_services.html Worldmapper Maps 93-100 (relating to services) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_goods.html Worldmapper Maps 57-76 (relating to goods) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_manufacturers.html Worldmapper Maps 77-92 (relating to manufacturers) are now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/textindex/text_food.html Worldmapper Maps 41-56 (relating to food) are now available.