(EN) What happens when a thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area? You have the great collaborative work of the people behind Worldmapper: they developed an algorithm that allows you to see the world and the various sizes of the country therein, through various statistics. The results are comparable maps (cartograms) whose geometry or space is distorted in order to convey the information of a chosen variable. I’m talking about this project today because they’ve just published a book called The Atlas of the Real World with 366 cartograms providing a useful reference on how regions and countries compare in resources, production, consumption, and many other topics. ———— (IT) Cosa succede quando una variabile tematica va a sostituire il numero che determina la superficie di un paese in una mappa? Si crea un progetto collaborativo tra geografi, matematici e statistici, di cui non potremmo più fare a meno: Worldmapper. Insieme hanno creato un algoritmo che permette la creazione di
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