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Human Impact in West Asia, 2001

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Human Impact in West Asia, 2001

Summary

This map shows the influence of human presence in the biosphere of West Asia. The impacts of agriculture, industry and general habitation are indicated in degrees: low impact, near impact, and (full) impact. The coloring of the map indicates the different types of climate zones in West Asia.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Torstein Olsen and Einar Lieng, Statens Kartverk (for UNEP/GRID-Arendal)

Primary Source:

  • Analysis performed in November 2001, using the GLOBIO methodology as of November 2001, and the DCW (ESRI/NIMA) as data source, together with the GLCCv2 (USGS) land cover. Land cover classifications has been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas in the map graphics.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

Used with permission.

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Human Impact in North America, 2001

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Human Impact in North America, 2001

Summary

This map shows GLOBIO estimates of human impact in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. The estimates, which use the location of infrastructure (such as roads, dams, and utilities) as an indicator, were performed in November 2001 using the GLOBIO methodology in effect at that time, and the DCW as data source, together with the GLCCv2 landcover data. The basis for the classification of human impact is obscure.

Land cover categories have been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas on the map:

  • tundra or salt desert
  • semi-deserts and deserts
  • wetlands
  • tropical forests
  • boreal forests and high altitude forests
  • deciduous forests
  • grasslands (savanna)
  • croplands
  • water

Source

[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Torstein Olsen and Einar Lieng, Statens Kartverk (for UNEP/GRID-Arendal) United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • Analysis performed in November 2001, using the GLOBIO methodology as of November 2001, and the DCW (ESRI/NIMA) as data source, together with the GLCCv2 (USGS) land cover. Land cover classifications has been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas in the map graphics.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Human Impact in Southeast Asia and Australia, 2001

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Human Impact in Southeast Asia and Australia, 2001

Summary

This map shows GLOBIO estimates of human impact in Australasia and parts of Southeast Asia. The estimates, which use the location of infrastructure (such as roads, dams, and utilities) as an indicator, were performed in November 2001 using the GLOBIO methodology in effect at that time, and the DCW as data source, together with the GLCCv2 landcover data. The basis for the classification of human impact is obscure.

Land cover categories have been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas on the map:

  • tundra or salt desert
  • semi-deserts and deserts
  • wetlands
  • tropical forests
  • boreal forests and high altitude forests
  • deciduous forests
  • grasslands (savanna)
  • croplands
  • water

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Torstein Olsen and Einar Lieng, Statens Kartverk (for UNEP/GRID-Arendal)

Primary Source:

  • Analysis performed in November 2001, using the GLOBIO methodology as of November 2001, and the DCW (ESRI/NIMA) as data source, together with the GLCCv2 (USGS) land cover. Land cover classifications has been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas in the map graphics.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Human Impact in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2001

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Human Impact in Latin America, 2001

Summary

This map shows GLOBIO estimates of human impact in Latin America and the Caribbean. The estimates, which use the location of infrastructure (such as roads, dams, and utilities) as an indicator, were performed in November 2001 using the GLOBIO methodology in effect at that time, and the DCW as data source, together with the GLCCv2 landcover data. The basis for the classification of human impact is obscure.

Land cover categories have been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas on the map:

  • tundra or salt desert
  • semi-deserts and deserts
  • wetlands
  • tropical forests
  • boreal forests and high altitude forests
  • deciduous forests
  • grasslands (savanna)
  • croplands
  • water

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Torstein Olsen and Einar Lieng, Statens Kartverk (for UNEP/GRID-Arendal)

Primary Source:

  • Analysis performed in November 2001, using the GLOBIO methodology as of November 2001, and the DCW (ESRI/NIMA) as data source, together with the GLCCv2 (USGS) land cover. Land cover classifications has been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas in the map graphics.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Human Impact in Asia, 2001

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Human Impact in Asia, 2001

Summary

This map shows GLOBIO estimates of human impact in Asia. The estimates, which use the location of infrastructure (such as roads, dams, and utilities) as an indicator, were performed in November 2001 using the GLOBIO methodology in effect at that time, and the DCW as data source, together with the GLCCv2 landcover data. The basis for the classification of human impact is obscure.

Land cover categories have been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas on the map:

  • tundra or salt desert
  • semi-deserts and deserts
  • wetlands
  • tropical forests
  • boreal forests and high altitude forests
  • deciduous forests
  • grasslands (savanna)
  • croplands
  • water

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Torstein Olsen and Einar Lieng, Statens Kartverk (for UNEP/GRID-Arendal)

Primary Source:

  • Analysis performed in November 2001, using the GLOBIO methodology as of November 2001, and the DCW (ESRI/NIMA) as data source, together with the GLCCv2 (USGS) land cover. Land cover classifications has been used for the non-impacted (wilderness) areas in the map graphics.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Household and Family Structures

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Household and Family Structures

Summary

This map shows the existence of three different types of family structures around the world during the last 100 years: the nuclear family, the mixed extended and nuclear family, and the descent group.

Source

John Allen, Student Atlas of Anthropology, First Edition (p. 104-105)

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies
Reproduced by permission of McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series.

Human Development Index, 1994

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Human Development Index

Summary

The map shows the Human Development Index score for countries worldwide in 1994. Countries whose HDI score places them 20 places higher or lower than their GNP per capita rating are marked with black and yellow stars.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 279)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
can be viewed here.

Hazardous Waste Generation, 2001

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Hazardous Waste Generation in 2001

Summary

This map shows the reported hazardous waste generation by select parties to the Basel Convention.
In order to control hazardous waste generation, plans must be laid out to reduce production. “The most environmentally sound and economically efficient way of managing any waste is not to generate it in the first place (source reduction).”

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal [1].

Cartographer/Designer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

Basel Convention

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints see [2]

Series

This map is one in a series
For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Health Service Quality, 1997

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Health Service Quality

Summary

This “Worldmapper” map shows the ability of the health services of different countries to provide good basic health care to their people. Territory size shows the proportion of people worldwide who receive good basic health care that live in a specific territory. India and China are shown larger than normal not because they have high health service quality scores, but because they have larger than normal populations. This map can be better understood when compared to the world map below, which shows country size in proportion to population.

World Population Map, 2002 [http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=2]

The map is accompanied by two tables that show ranked lists of the ten countries with the highest and lowest health service quality scores. There is also a bar graph that shows the percentage of the population who are served by basic health services by region.

Copyright status

© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Used on QED by permission.

Licensing

All rights reserved

Source

Worldmapper[1]
Category:Service]]

Growth of Assyrian Empire showing deportations

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Growth of Assyrian Empire showing deportations

Summary

The map shows the Assyrian Empire as it existed in the ninth century BCE, together with areas conquered by Tigplath-pileser III (745-727 BCE) and eighth century BCE. The arrows show successive deportations of Jews, by Tigplath-pileser III, Shalmaneser V, and Sargon II.

Source

Wikipedia [1]

Copyright

© 2007

License

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GFDL license Version 1.2, or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

Habsburg Dominions in Europe 1556

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Dominions of the House of Habsburg in Europe at the Abdication of Charles V

Summary

Map shows the extent of the Habsburg dominion in Europe at the abdication of Charles V (1556). The “Note” indicates that the relation of the Habsburg and Ottoman Powers is shown as it stood at the truce of 1547.

Source

Wikipedia wikipedia:Image:Habsburg_Map_1547.jpg

The Cambridge Modern History Atlas, edited by Sir Adolphus William Ward, G.W. Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, and E.A. Benians. Cambridge University Press: London, 1912

Copyright

Public domain

Gothic Manuscript Illumination, Metalwork, and other Decorative Arts

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Gothic Manuscript Illumination, Metalwork, and other Decorative Arts

Summary

This map notes the presence of different art mediums and styles in towns and cities across mainly Western Europe. This map also follows the movement of art styles, though it does not state which movements are being charted.
The export of alabaster, as well as its origins and destinations in Europe, is noted.

Source

Atlas of Western Art History. Facts on File, Inc., New York, 1994, page 121

Antony White Publishing Ltd.

Copyright

© Parchment Books Ltd. This appears to be an “orphan work”. If you can help us locate the copyright holder, please send mail to qed@princeton.edu.

Global Poverty-Biodiversity, 2002

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Global Poverty-Biodiversity, 2002

Summary

This world map has four layers:

  • the prevalence of stunted growth in children under 5 in areas with at least 2 inhabitants per sq. km
  • selected major wilderness areas
  • selected terrestrial biodiversity hotspots
  • areas of low population density (no more than 2 inhabitants per sq. km)

These layers were selected in connection with the hypothesis that biodiversity is likely to be most endangered where poverty, population density, and biodiversity hotspots overlap.

The map uses three primary data sources: “stunted growth data collected on first level administrative units from FAO (FAO 2004), population density from LandScan (LandScan, 2002), and areas of high biological significance (major tropical wilderness and biodiversity hotspots) from Conservation International (Christ et al., 2003).”

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • Landscan
  • FAO
  • Conservation International

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Global Seismic Hazard Map, 1999

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Global Seismic Hazard Map

Produced by the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP), a demonstration project of the UN/International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction, conducted by the International Lithosphere Program. Global map assembled by D. Giardini, G. Grünthal, K. Shedlock, and P. Zhang, 1999

Summary

This may be the first comprehensive global map of “seismic hazard” based on a consistent definition. Seismic hazard is defined in purely geophysical terms.

On the map, the colors define different hazard zones, in each of which the probability of there being a certain level of ground acceleration in the next 50 years is at least 10%.

GSHAP

The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) was launched in 1992 by the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) with the support of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), and endorsed as a demonstration program in the framework of the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR). The GSHAP project terminated in 1999.

Copyright status

“All GSHAP products and maps are available freely and are not covered by copyright, provided that the source is cited.”

Source

Global Seismic Assessment Program

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Global Enhanced Vegetation Index, 2001

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Global Enhanced Vegetation Index

Summary

This map shows the
distribution of plant growth over the entire globe
in October 2001. The colors have the following significance:

  • white and brown — barren areas of rock, sand, or snow
  • light greens — shrub and grassland
  • dark greens — temperate and tropical rainforests

The coloring is based on measurements of the wavelengths and intensity
of visible and near-infrared light reflected by the land surface into
space as captured by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.

Click on the thumbnail to the right for a pair of similar satellite maps that show variation by season.

Source

Image 2183[2] from Visible Earth: A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.

Image courtesy MODIS Land Group/Vegetation Indices, Alfredo Huete,
Principal Investigator, and Kamel Didan, University of Arizona.

Terms of Use

For all non-private uses, NASA’s Terms Of Use are as follows:[3]

  1. The imagery is free of licensing fees
  2. NASA requires that they be provided a credit as the owners of the imagery

The Visible Earth team requests, but does not require:

  1. The Visible Earth be provided a credit as the location that the imagery was found at
  2. A URL be provided, either to the Visible Earth (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/) or to the page providing the link to the used image.

German Expansion to c. 1360

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German Expansion to c. 1360

Summary

This map shows the expansion of the German Empire c. 1360. Areas of German settlement and areas where German town law was used are marked on the map. The major members and depots of the Hanseatic League are marked in red, while other members/depots are in white. The principal trade route of the League is shown, branching out to the neighboring countries of the Holy Roman Empire.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 91)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
can be viewed here.

Girls in Secondary Education 1998

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Girls in Secondary Education 1998

Summary

This map shows the percentage of girls in secondary education in comparison to boys in 1998.
An inset bar graph shows the relation between literacy and fertility in regions around the world.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 271)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
can be viewed here.

Geographical Systems of the Ancients

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Georgraphical Systems of the Ancients

Summary

This map shows ancient views of the world according to various historical figures: Herodotus, Hecataeus, Ephorus, the Geographer of Ravenna, Homerus, Timosthenes, Dionysus Periegetes, Strabo, Pomponius Mela, Ptolemy, and Eratosthenes.

Source

Dr. William’s Smith’s Ancient Atlas

Produced by John Murray, London, 1874. Drawn by Dr. Charles Muller.

Copyright status

The map is out of copyright. It was published in 1874.

Gender Empowerment, 2004

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Gender Empowerment

Summary

This “Worldmapper” map shows the level of opportunities available to women by country. The map uses the Gender Empowerment Measure to determine the level of opportunities available to women. The measure takes into account the female share of government representation, the proportions of legislators, senior officials, managers, and professional and technical employees who are women, and the ratio of female to male earnings. The measure is scaled from 0 to 1000, where 1000 represents equality between men and women. Territory size reflects the relative degree of gender equality in each country (population multiplied by the gender empowerment measure). Western Europe offers women the most opportunities, while Yemen and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East offer women the least opportunities.

The map is accompanied by two tables that show ranked lists of the ten countries with the highest and lowest gender empowerment measure scores. There is also a bar graph that shows the variation in gender empowerment measure scores by region.

Copyright status

© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Used on QED by permission.

Licensing

All rights reserved

Source

Worldmapper[1]

Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Eliminate Differences in Education, 2001

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Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Eliminate Differences in Education, 2001

Summary

This map shows the 2001 number of girls in school per 100 boys in Africa. According to the Millennium Development Goals articulated by the United Nations, gender equality and education are seen as fundamental means to increasing living standards in the developing world.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • UN MDG Statistics database

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Freshwater Withdrawal by Sector in 2000

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Freshwater Withdrawal by Sector in 2000

Summary

This world map illustrates the percentage of water use in the agricultural, industrial and domestic sectors in 2000.

The map shows that agriculture is the biggest user of water, while domestic use is, in comparison, the lowest.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • World Resources 2000-2001, People and Ecosystems: the Fraying Web of Life, World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington DC, 2000.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

Used with permission.

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Fresh Water Stress from 1995 to 2025

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Fresh Water Stress from 1995 to 2025

Summary

These two maps contrast recent (1995) and projected (2025) rates of freshwater withdrawal as a percentage of total available freshwater. The projections are based on population growth assuming unchanged rates of water consumption. The text accompanying the maps does not make clear how future levels of availability are computed, or how regional variations in the per-capita rate of water consumption are dealt with. (See also [1])

.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[2]

Cartographer/Designer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO)
  • UNEP
  • Earthscan, London 1999

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

Used with permission.

For use constraints, see [3].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Forest Cover – Current and Past

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Forest Cover – Current and Past

Summary

Deforestation Since Neolithic Era

Note:
The forest cover shown for 7,000 B.C. is the “estimated extent of closed forest assuming today’s climatic conditions.”

Copyright status

© 2007 Amber Mahone

Source

GIS data is from World Resources Institute [1]:

  • Current forest, eastern hemisphere
  • Current forest, western hemisphere
  • Frontier Forests

The original forest cover data was published in “The Last Frontier Forests: Ecosystems and Economies on the Edge.” Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, 1997.

See also

External links

France and US’ eyes on Africa, 2000

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France and US’ eyes on Africa

Summary

This map of Africa shows the location of mineral resources (diamonds, cobalt, copper, chrome, tin, iron, magnesium, nickel, gold, platinum, lead and zinc, and bauxite) and energy resources (oil and natural gas, uranium, and coal), unstable zones (war, political instability, active areas of Salafism), routes for exporting resources (oil pipelines, open and closed railways) and zones with concentrations of foreign investment (mainly oil and minerals).

An inset map shows trade routes and connections (such as ports and sea routes for oil and minerals) between Africa and the US and areas of Europe and the Middle East. French and American flags serve as markers for military bases. Also illustrated on the map are places of armed attacks and possible al-Qaeda warnings.

The two maps together show US and French interest in Africa in the post-colonial era.

Source

Le Monde Diplomatique [1]

Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz

Copyright

© Le Monde Diplomatique

Foreign Religions in Central Asia and China up to the 14th Century A.D.

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Foreign Religions in Central Asia and China up to the 14th Century A.D.

Summary

This map indicates the places where different religions were practiced from the 1st century A.D. until the 14th century.

Legend describes symbols with which the following religions are located on the map:

  • Buddhism
  • Mazdeism
  • Manichaeism
  • Islamism
  • Nestorianism
  • Greek and Roman Christianity
  • Judaism

Source

History and Commercial Atlas of China, Albert Herrmann, Ph.D., Harvard University Press, 1935.

See Huhai Website.

Copyright status

Public license
This work is believed to be in the public domain because its copyright is believed to have expired.

Series

This map is one in the series:

Forced to Emigrate, 1999

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Forced to Emigrate, 1999

Summary

This map shows the number of international refugees under the protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The circles are proportional in area to the number of refugees by receiving country.

Source

Le Monde Diplomatique [1]

Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz

Primary Sources:

  • United Nations High Commission for Refugees (HCR)
  • World Refugee Survey 2000, US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
  • World Bank, World Development Report 2000-2001, Washington DC.
  • United Nations High Commission for Refugees HCR
  • US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
  • Global internally displaced persons -IDP- database

Copyright

© Le Monde Diplomatique

First Global Carbon Monoxide Measurements

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First Global Carbon Monoxide (Air Pollution) Measurements

Summary

The map and animation use false colors to represent levels of carbon monoxide in the lower
atmosphere:

  • dark brown – 390 parts per billion
  • red – 220 parts per billion
  • blue – 50 parts per billion

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a byproduct of the burning of fossil fuels.
Industry, automobiles and the burning of forests and grasslands all contribute to
CO pollution. Notice the seasonal variations in the concentration of CO.

The movie shows the movement of CO in the atmosphere during the period
March 1 – December 31, 2000.








Source

The map and animation are Image 1788
[1]
from Visible Earth: A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet. The animation is from the same web page.

The image and animation are courtesy NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio, and are
based on data from MOPITT (Canadian Space Agency and University of Toronto).

Copyright

Public domain This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the United States Code.

Food Consumption and Major Famines since the 1940s

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Food Consumption and Major Famines since the 1940s

Summary

This map shows the amount of food calories consumed by each country during the 1940s.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 277)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
can be viewed here.

Extent of the First Bulgarian Empire

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Extent of the First Bulgarian Empire

Summary

This map purports to show the greatest territorial extent reached
by the first Bulgarian Empire during the reign of Tsar Simeon I (893-927).

The degree to which most of the territory in Transylvania was under Bulgarian control is disputed.

Source

The version shown here is available
here.

This map was uploaded to Wikipedia on December 28, 2005 but was subsequently modified to reflect
the dispute about Bulgarian control over Transylvania.

The current Wikipedia page is here. This description page indicates that the map is based on the following sources:

  1. Bulgarian Military Atlas, Military Publishers, Sofia, 1979, pp. 152-153:
    • Territorial expansion of Bulgaria during the IX Century (814-893 AD)
    • The Wars of King Simeon (893-927 AD)
  2. History of Bulgaria Vol. 2: First Bulgarian State, BAS Publishers, Sofia, 1981, pp. 292-293
    • Bulgaria at the end of IX Century and the beginning of X Century.

Copyright

© 2005 Todor Bozhinov

License

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GFDL license Version 1.2, or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

Export of Waste as Reported by Australia, in tonnes, 2001

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Export of Waste as Reported by Australia, in tonnes, 2001

Summary

This map shows Australia’s exports of waste worldwide, primarily to Belgium and New Zealand.

The width of the arrows is proportional to the amount of waste exported.

“Total exports represent 16,679 tonnes.”

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal
[1].
Cartographer/Designer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal.

Primary Source:

Basel Convention.

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints see [2]

Series

This map is one in a series
For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Export of Waste as reported by Germany, in tonnes, 2001

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Export of Waste as reported by Germany, in tonnes, 2001

Summary

This map shows Germany’s reported exports of waste in tonnes in 2001. According to this map, Germany sent out over 300,000 tonnes of waste to fourteen countries. By contrast, Germany brought in over a million tonnes of waste from 38 countries in 2000.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • Basel Convention

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Export of Hazardous Wastes and other Wastes from Switzerland to Other Countries, 1997

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Export of Hazardous Wastes and other Wastes from Switzerland to Other Countries, 1997

Summary

This map shows Switzerland’s exportation of wastes in 1997.

“The amounts are based on export data, and shows that Switzerland exported wastes to the following countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland. The graphic shows that by far the largest amount of waste was exported to Germany.”

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Primary Source:

  • Secretariat of the Basel Convention (data as reported by the parties)
  • http://www.basel.int, Email: sbc@unep.ch

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.

Export of light arms in 2002

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Export of light arms in 2002

Summary

This map shows the trade of light arms in 2002, displaying exports worth more than $10 million a year by country. The map also illustrates current conflicts, light arms imports, human rights violations in the past 10 years, zones with heaviest illegal traffic in light arms, and countries under an international arms embargo by either the UN or the EU. Beneath the map is a transparent bar graph, detailing accounts arms trade around the world.

“More than 640 million light arms and small-caliber weapons are in circulation throughout the world, and are responsible for more than 500,000 deaths annually – 300,000 in conflicts and the rest in murders and suicides.” [1]

Source

Le Monde Diplomatique [2]

Copyright

© Le Monde Diplomatique

Exploration of Australia and New Zealand 1606-1874

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Exploration of Australia and New Zealand 1606-1874

Summary

This map shows the exploration of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1874.
Different explorers are labeled on the map, as well as penal colonies found in different areas.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 202)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

A gallery using flyover images like this

Openness to Trade 1980
can be viewed here.

Exiled Within Their Own Country, 1999

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Exiled Within Their Own Country, 1999

Summary

This map shows the number of people forced to migrate within their own country because of conflict, local problems, and/or disease. The circles are proportional in area to the size of the internal refugee population in each country.

The dark grey circles correspond to those who are assisted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, while the brown circles correspond to displaced peoples for whom the HCR has no mandate. (There are an estimated 20 to 30 million refugees around the world, of whom only about 5.4 million receive help from the HCR.).

Source

Le Monde Diplomatique [1]

Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz

Primary Sources:

  • United Nations High Commission for Refugees (HCR)
  • World Refugee Survey 2000, US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
  • World Bank, World Development Report 2000-2001, Washington DC.
  • United Nations High Commission for Refugees HCR
  • US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
  • Global internally displaced persons -IDP- database

Copyright

© Le Monde Diplomatique