Comments on: Visual explanations: US states GDP map http://uv.punchbarrel.com/2008/10/visual-explanations-us-states-gdp-map/ Map and Ulf talk about this, that and the other Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:37:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ulf http://uv.punchbarrel.com/2008/10/visual-explanations-us-states-gdp-map/#comment-61 Ulf Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:58:39 +0000 http://uv.punchbarrel.com/?p=37#comment-61 That's an interesting site, full of less than useful, but nonetheless interesting maps; I particularly liked <a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/298-the-world-as-seen-from-paris/" rel="nofollow">The World As Seen From France</a>. I also learned that China and Russia border more countries than anyone else: 14 each. Here's an interesting article on the history of information visualization, containing some neat old charts, including Napoleon's retreat from Russia: http://www.economist.com/world/europe/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=10278643 That’s an interesting site, full of less than useful, but nonetheless interesting maps; I particularly liked The World As Seen From France. I also learned that China and Russia border more countries than anyone else: 14 each.

Here’s an interesting article on the history of information visualization, containing some neat old charts, including Napoleon’s retreat from Russia: http://www.economist.com/world/europe/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=10278643

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