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Simon Kuestenmacher

1 year

In the UK my latest map book is now for sale. All other markets will come soon. All maps were beautifully illustrated by @MargaridaEstevs . Grab a copy here (or better yet grab it from you local bookshop):

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Simon Kuestenmacher

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1 year

Another US election, another "Land doesn't vote, people do" style map showing the election results.

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11 months

A female GPS-tracked falcon flew from South Africa to Finland. In 42 days she flew over 10,000 km. That's 230 km per day. What have you achieved in the last 42 days? Source:

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I love Finland. I love their obsession with personal space too. Never have I seen such a hilarious visualisation of how much the Finns love their personal space! It's a real life data visualisation! Source:

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6 years

The Norwegian flag is the Swiss Army knife of flags: It contains six other flags!

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1 year

This is a berry good map. The distribution of 19 types of berries native to North America are shown in this interactive map. Source:

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2 years

There is a lake in Finland, that looks like Finland. Now you know. Source:

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4 years

Outstanding animated globe shows a year worth of earthquakes by depth (July 2017 to July 2018). In the interactive online version you can click on each individual #earthquake to learn more. Epic #dataviz ! Source:

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3 years

Wow! New research reconstructs a billion (!) years worth of plate tectonics. Mouth watering research. Source:

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3 years

A female GPS-tracked falcon flew from South Africa to Finland. In 42 days she flew over 10,000 km. That's 230 km per day. What have you achieved in the last 42 days? Source:

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6 years

I’m writing and speaking on #gentrification a lot these days. This sign in a pub cracked me up. It’s a great reminder that when you buy a house you become part of an existing local urban ecosystem - not the almighty ruler over that ecosystem.

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3 years

This amazing little tool simply draws all streets in any city you want. As examples here are the town I grew up in (20k residents) and the city I live in (5M residents). Have a play with it. The exported screenshots make great desktop backgrounds. Source:

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2 years

Alcohol death rates in Europe. Apparently very low in cultures where drunkenness is frowned upon and where alcohol is only consumed in company of others and served alongside meals. Spain and Italy for example. Source:

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1 year

One of the big demographic stories this year was the world’s population reaching the 8 billion milestone. Here is where the 8 billion of us live. Source: …

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1 year

Bye, Russia! Animation shows where Germany has been getting its natural gas from. Source:

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5 years

Amazing digital art installation on the Galata Tower in #Istanbul in #Turkey . Hope nobody walked past the tower while on drugs...

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7 months

Marvelous map by @researchremora shows the lighthouses of the UK. I love the eery feel of this map.

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12 days

In what scenario are these “separate” houses a better solution than generously sized apartments?

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14 days

New housing in The Ponds, in western #Sydney .

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3 years

Animated map shows human migration throughout history. Nice touch to have the map display relief data. I like how at 9 seconds humans hit the Himalayas and wisely decided to head eastwards. Source:

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2 years

I always enjoy these type of size comparison maps…

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3 years

Exaggerated relief map of The Indian Sub Continent. Source:

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@simongerman600

6 months

Clear win for Spain…

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5 years

Shocking before and after shot...

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@simongerman600

4 years

Hours of daylight as a function of day of the year and latitude. Took me a second to read this chart. Totally worth the second of effort. A marvellous animation. Source:

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3 years

Chile really is a long country! It reaches all the way from London to Baghdad. Source:

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3 years

Video shows how high you would be able to jump on each planet. This includes (!) Pluto where our spaceman friend can jump really high. Source:

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1 year

Poverty in South America has worsened over the last decade.

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@simongerman600

8 months

Very impressive land reclamation in the Netherlands. No wars necessary to increase your country in size...

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@simongerman600

5 years

Sure, GoogleMaps is cool but not half as cool as ORBIS. The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World allows you to check travel times during Roman times. You can choose your mode of travel too! Source:

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1 year

Etymology of Spain. This map shows the origin of various Spanish province names. Source:

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@simongerman600

2 years

Spotted another excellent #badgeographyjoke in the wild!

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2 years

Map shows the best-selling English artists by county of origin. Source:

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5 years

Map shows the first word of each European anthem. Source:

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4 years

#Coronavirus makes many things much harder. At least something gets easier...

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@simongerman600

11 months

Average number of usual weekly hours of work in main job according to @EU_Eurostat . The Germans work among the shortest hours but are secretly convinced they work the most 😉

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Simon Kuestenmacher

@simongerman600

10 months

Alcohol death rates in Europe. Apparently very low in cultures where drunkenness is frowned upon and where alcohol is only consumed in company of others and served alongside meals. Spain and Italy for example. Source:

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5 years

Today I learned that the ripeness level of a banana 🍌 changes the sugar and fiber content of the fruit.

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@simongerman600

6 years

Just discovered my new favourite office meme...

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2 years

Gorgeous map shows the watersheds of Germany. Source:

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6 years

How big is #Mexico ? Source:

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@simongerman600

1 year

Is anyone doing land reclamations better than the Netherlands?

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@simongerman600

11 months

"Geological Time". This educational illustration shows the periods of geological time. Complete with dinosaur fossils and a toilet seat, topped off with a modern day settling with a petrol station. Line artwork drawn in pencil. Source: …

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@simongerman600

5 months

Introduction to Australian politics #auspol

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@simongerman600

8 months

This map explains nicely why seafaring was so important in days gone by. I was just soooo much faster to travel on water.

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@simongerman600

4 years

I was sent this map without a source but I thought it was impressive nonetheless. It shows the SeaWorld parking lot in yellow. The green dot is where Orcas spend their lives.

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@simongerman600

2 years

How much do US Republican and US Democratic voters trust various media organizations? The Republican skepticism regarding the Weather Channel is hard to stomach for a data guy like me…

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Simon Kuestenmacher

@simongerman600

3 years

Today I learned from @guyverhofstadt that the original euro bank notes from 2002 featured fictional (!) bridges to avoid conflict between EU members. In 2012 the Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed all bridges for the Netherlands by building replicas of ALL on a single waterway.

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3 years

Turkey for beginners. A light hearted introductory map. Source:

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6 years

German cave diver Nick Vollmar who joined the Thailand cave rescue mission: “If we could cooperate globally in every aspect like we did here, almost all of our problems could be solved.” Over the last few weeks we saw globalism at its very best.

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5 years

The Norwegian flag is the Swiss Army knife of flags: It contains six other flags!

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1 year

Argentina's official map is a great example of how nations use maps to remind their citizens and the rest of the world about their territorial claims. Source:

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6 years

Very cool graph show what people really mean when they use vague terminology describing the probability of an event. Source:

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@simongerman600

5 years

I was sent this google maps screenshot without comment.

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2 years

Number of Spanish speakers by country. The US is more Spanish than Spain. Source:

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3 years

A young female Arctic Fox walked (!) from Norway to Canada in 2018. That's a marathon every day for 76 days. The journey was over 3500 kilometers. Source:

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3 years

Map shows every Roman settlement and nothing else. Source:

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8 years

Animated #map shows the location of the world's largest city in #history over time. #edchat

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@simongerman600

7 years

#Geography #trivia : Longest straight line you can (theoretically) walk without hitting the ocean.

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@simongerman600

6 years

Since we live on a planet of oceans it makes sense to create a projection centered around Antarctica to emphasize the role of the oceans. Of all map projections this one probably hurts my brain the most...

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@simongerman600

11 months

This one is for all the linguists and language nerds out there! Evolution of the word “hundred” in Indo-European languages. How cool is this!? Source: …

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@simongerman600

4 years

Map shows the most famous Spanish tapas per region. Source:

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@simongerman600

5 years

I love this picture! The contents of a single firetruck spread out. Including six fire fighters. I consider this a map of the contents of the firetruck. Source:

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4 years

This world map shows only the regions with an average life expectancy of over 80 years. Source:

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@simongerman600

1 year

#China only recorded 10.6 million births in 2021. That is a crazy low number for China!

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@simongerman600

5 years

Animation shows the distribution of annual average temperature anomalies due to global warming from 1850 until today. Well animated climate data. Source:

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@simongerman600

2 years

I've shared topographic maps of countries many times before. Never a topographic view of a single city. Here is the topography of London. Source:

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4 years

Tally marks. Turns out people around the world count differently to five when taking notes. I had no idea. Source:

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1 year

Animated map shows us just how curved Chile really is. Great bit of geography trivia by @Atlasova_world . Source:

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4 years

Animated map shows the US population density. There is a lot of history condensed in this little map. Source:

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5 years

This scrappy meme might be appreciated by the linguists out there.

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@simongerman600

1 year

Britain's ancient Roman roads got a beautiful #map make-over! This map by @sasha_trub is a digital cartography classic by now. Source:

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3 years

Is this map accurate? #euro2020

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@simongerman600

4 years

Thirty years ago Germany was reunited. Wherever you are today, please feel free to celebrate today with a glass of German beer. 🍺 🇩🇪

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@simongerman600

7 months

I love this exaggerated relief map of Italy because it emphasizes the role of the Po Valley so beautifully. It's Italy's most important industrial and agricultural area and an important reason Northern Italy is much richer than Southern Italy. Source:

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Simon Kuestenmacher

@simongerman600

2 years

How do other languages say "It's Greek to me"? The German figure of speech is the clear outlier here... Source:

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1 year

Eyeballing this map I’d say it’s correct ✅

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@simongerman600

11 months

Share of the population in select countries who think their empire made their colonies better off. Germans view their own (relatively small) colonial past waaaaay more critically than the British. Source:

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@simongerman600

6 years

This World #History Timeline shows the main superpowers and dynasties over the last 5000 years. Gorgeous piece of work. These type of charts really help to understand who ruled at the same time on the other side of the globe. Love it! Source:

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2 years

The usual time of eating dinner in Europe. I remember traveling to Spain as a young kid and my German 6pm meal had to wait until 10pm. It was weird. Source:

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8 months

Bicycle parking at, of all places, the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix. Urban planning that preferences cycling even works for the most hardened petrol heads.

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5 years

This poster shows 220 minimalist maps of metro systems around the globe (sorted alphabetically by country and city). The Asian mega cities jump out at you! Source:

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1 year

Two main ways of assigning citizenship. Source:

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5 years

I’m pleased to announce that I have a new favorite Venn Diagram. Source:

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5 years

I find the Panama Canal endlessly fascinating. I’m very glad that a crew member of this ship brought along his drone to shoot this epic photo. Source:

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@simongerman600

6 years

Stupid but it made me laugh...

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@simongerman600

4 years

A little treat for all the geomorphology geeks out there. I like this animation. Clearer than other version I've seen. Source:

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Simon Kuestenmacher

@simongerman600

2 months

Dear publishers, please take note. 📖 🗺️

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2 years

Geography Trivia: Kiribati is the only country in the world that is situated in all four hemispheres.

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4 years

Animated map shows the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video stores in the US from 1986 to 2019. Fascinating to view. Source:

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@simongerman600

2 years

What an amazing way to visualize early human migration. Lovely map by @HarvardCGA . A great colour scheme and an appropriate map projection! Source:

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@simongerman600

2 months

I am not getting sick of sharing this data. Growing up in Germany I fell for the myth that Germans are hard workers. Nobody in fact works as much and as hard as Germans. I have failed to find any data that backs that up. Just a national myth at this stage. HT @landgeist

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1 year

Angela Merkel had an unusually long term compared to other democratically elected leaders. Source:

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1 year

#Map divides #Europe into 28 equally populated areas. Some argue this would fix power imbalances. I argue Bavaria feels like it’s own state already 🤣 Source:

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5 years

Animated map shows 87 days of combat in Normandy. British units marked in orange, Canadian in red, US in units and Axis in black. Source: #WWII #military #history