3/29/2006: Worldmapper: tourist destinations - Page 2

Wombat · 03-29-2006, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by funkykule

I'm surprised at how small australia is - in terms of tourism!!. very cool map

The only reason it looks smaller on that map than in real life is because Australia has such a low population density. Most of Australia is empty desert. The tourism size is actually quite good considering the small population and the remoteness.

capnhowdy · 03-29-2006, 06:56 PM

Color me stoopid.
I have a problem with maps. I always skipped geography in HS coz I knew I was prolly gonna fail anyway. I can't even follow Goggle map directions. sheesh.....

FloridaDragon · 03-29-2006, 09:45 PM

I agree .... FL should be 1/3 of the map if they just count the people going to Disney

and if they count all the &*(^(* snowbirds it would be the whole map.

So my little mini vacation this weekend to Captiva doesn't count, huh? I feel cheated!

Kagen4o4 · 03-29-2006, 10:10 PM

looks like africa is the anus of the world in this picture. (just by the look of it im not making a political or social coment)

wolf · 03-30-2006, 01:36 AM

Africa? Probably once the revolution season is over, folks will start going back.

Kagen4o4 · 03-30-2006, 06:06 AM

africa needs a disneyland.

milkfish · 03-30-2006, 06:25 AM

If any U.S. state is allowed to argue about their size, that would be Hawaii. Probably, they don't represent popularity on the sub-national level here, although doesn't .

Are the islands of Mauritius (red blob in the Indian Ocean) and the Falklands (green, in the So Atlantic) really such popular tourist sites? They look to be about the same size as Costa Rica maybe.

Pi · 03-30-2006, 11:47 AM

Damn, that big. I was looking for something small

xoxoxoBruce · 03-30-2006, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kagen4o4

africa needs a disneyland.

It wouldn't help near as much as all the Viagra flowing into Florida.

tippy · 04-03-2006, 10:37 AM

OMG I have just seen the alcohol and cigarette imports v exports. The UK is getting the rest of the world drunk (I'm assuming it is booze we are exporting as we are not known for our tobacco plantations...we hardly import any!!)

Kagen4o4 · 04-03-2006, 06:56 PM

meat and cereal exports are australias thang.

we are feeding the world breakfast and beef

SeanAhern · 04-06-2006, 07:11 AM

Maps of this type, where the area is scaled to match some value, are called "cartograms." Most cartograms you see will have the distortion that these maps have, where the original shapes and angles of the country are kinda lost when a lot of scaling has to be done.

In the last couple years, a new technique for generating cartograms was discovered that borrows techinques from the simulation of gaseous diffusion. This new technique is much faster than the old, and also has the advantage of a greater sense of the original shape. You can see cartograms done with the new technique here: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/

A description of the new technique (along with some cartograms) can be found here: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040828/bob8.asp

Torrere · 04-07-2006, 07:44 PM

I'm surprised by the amount of ocean tourism!

03-29-2006, 06:56 PM	#17
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Color me stoopid. I have a problem with maps. I always skipped geography in HS coz I knew I was prolly gonna fail anyway. I can't even follow Goggle map directions. sheesh..... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-29-2006, 10:10 PM	#19
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	looks like africa is the anus of the world in this picture. (just by the look of it im not making a political or social coment) __________________ something we both can enjoy??

03-30-2006, 01:36 AM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Africa? Probably once the revolution season is over, folks will start going back. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-30-2006, 06:06 AM	#21
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	africa needs a disneyland. __________________ something we both can enjoy??

03-30-2006, 11:47 AM	#23
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	Damn, that big. I was looking for something small __________________ Complex simplex

03-29-2006, 09:45 PM	#18
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	I agree .... FL should be 1/3 of the map if they just count the people going to Disney and if they count all the &(^( snowbirds it would be the whole map. So my little mini vacation this weekend to Captiva doesn't count, huh? I feel cheated!

03-30-2006, 06:25 AM	#22
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	If any U.S. state is allowed to argue about their size, that would be Hawaii. Probably, they don't represent popularity on the sub-national level here, although doesn't . Are the islands of Mauritius (red blob in the Indian Ocean) and the Falklands (green, in the So Atlantic) really such popular tourist sites? They look to be about the same size as Costa Rica maybe.

04-03-2006, 10:37 AM	#25
tippy Writer of Writings Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14	OMG I have just seen the alcohol and cigarette imports v exports. The UK is getting the rest of the world drunk (I'm assuming it is booze we are exporting as we are not known for our tobacco plantations...we hardly import any!!)

04-03-2006, 06:56 PM	#26
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	meat and cereal exports are australias thang. we are feeding the world breakfast and beef __________________ something we both can enjoy??

04-06-2006, 07:11 AM	#27
SeanAhern Sentimental Sentient Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 38	Maps of this type, where the area is scaled to match some value, are called "cartograms." Most cartograms you see will have the distortion that these maps have, where the original shapes and angles of the country are kinda lost when a lot of scaling has to be done. In the last couple years, a new technique for generating cartograms was discovered that borrows techinques from the simulation of gaseous diffusion. This new technique is much faster than the old, and also has the advantage of a greater sense of the original shape. You can see cartograms done with the new technique here: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/ A description of the new technique (along with some cartograms) can be found here: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040828/bob8.asp

04-07-2006, 07:44 PM	#28
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	I'm surprised by the amount of ocean tourism!

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