NIJMEGEN Metro Transit: a highly improbable subway network Welcome to the City of Nijmegen, home to the country’s most overly extensive metro transit network. No archeological remains were harmed in the creation of these tunnels (that we know of). For the convenience of the international visitor, this map has been translated into English with the highest …
ARNHEM Metro Transit: a highly improbable subway network Welcome to the City of Arnhem, home to the country’s most overly extensive metro transit network. We ran out of space to build railway tracks on the surface, so we decided to just start digging. For the convenience of the international visitor, this map has been translated …
ZWOLLE Metro Transit: a highly improbable subway network Welcome to the City of Zwolle, home to the country’s most overly extensive metro transit network. We ran out of space to build railway tracks on the surface, so we decided to just start digging. For the convenience of the international visitor, this map has been translated …
LEEUWARDEN Metro Transit: a highly improbable subway network Welcome to the City of Leeuwarden, home to the country’s most overly extensive metro transit network. A decent smooth-flowing ring road might be a bridge too far, but at least you don’t have to stagger home from the Goal Alley on foot anymore. For the convenience of …
Utrecht Metro Transit: a highly improbable subway network Welcome to the City of Utrecht, home to the country’s most overly extensive metro transit network. We weren’t able to make the trains run on time, so we decided to just throw our hands up and dig in. Welcome to the City of Utrecht, home to the …
Groningen Metro Transit: a highly improbable subway network Welcome to the City of Groningen, home to the country’s most overly extensive metro transit network. Although the official slogan maintains that ‘there’s nothing above Groningen’, nowhere does it say that you’re not allowed to go underneath. For the convenience of the international visitor, this map has …
Deze kaart is ook te koop als poster via Etsy! Taal is voortdurend in beweging. Nieuwe woorden worden geïntroduceerd, oude raken in onbruik, en wat op het ene moment als de correcte spelling wordt beschouwd, is een halve eeuw later opeens volstrekt archaïsch. Voor plaatsnamen is dat niet anders. Zo was Nijmegen niet altijd Nijmegen. …
November 2017: ‘tis the season om ons weer eens oud-Hollands kapot te ergeren aan al die voormalige bewindslieden die óf moeilijk hard op hun wachtgeld gaan teren van onze belastingcenten, óf via vriendjespolitiek, old boys networks en schaamteloos nepotisme meteen een of andere topfunctie inrollen. Sjongejonge. </populismemodus off> Maar wat stelt die Haagse baantjescarroussel nou helemaal voor? Ik …
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Deze kaart is ook te koop als poster via Etsy! Sommige mensen lezen graag een goed boek. Ik lees liever een goede atlas. En in een atlas staan plaatsnamen en bij sommige plaatsnamen denk ik: hoe dan? (Stiekem is er meestal een hele makkelijke verklaring voor, maar de werkelijkheid is nou eenmaal niet half zo …
The Pantheon 1.0 dataset maps “historical cultural production” by collecting, visualizing and analyzing data from the biographies of historically, culturally and/or politically significant figures worldwide. See here for more info about their methods. Although this map is largely created by listing the first name in every country (see Ranking > People > Parameter: Birth Country), the …
As posted on Reddit. Only golden medalists are included. Two or more years in a vertical row signify separate athletes from the same area; two or more years separated by forward slashes signify one athlete with golden medals in different Olympics.
Deze kaart is ook te koop als poster via Etsy! Amsterdam, dam aan de Amstel. Hoe makkelijk de oorsprong van een plaatsnaam kan zijn. Maar waar komt de naam Utrecht vandaan? Of Leeuwarden (hint: het heeft niets met leeuwen te maken…). Daarom nu: de etymologische (of, accurater, toponymische) landkaart van Nederland. Van de doorwaadbare plaats …
In part an intriguing “what if” scenario, in part a simple practice in mapmaking, this map offers a view of the states and cities in the US with the Latin equivalent of their respective names. Posted on Reddit.
Onderstaande infographics zijn gemaakt in opdracht van Folia, het tijdschrijft van de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Gepubliceerd in meerdere edities (#16, #21, #25).
Originally, the criteria for making it into this gallery consisted of “being alive” and “being 75 or older”. I lowered the last one to 74, because I found the lack of Al Pacino, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, James Cromwell and Sam Waterston disturbing. Please note that the films depicted are not meant to represent …
Previously featured on the frontpage of Reddit, this album showcases the lowest rated films (according to Rotten Tomatoes) from 40 acclaimed directors, such as Christopher Nolan, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and the Coen Brothers.
Originally a post that rose to the front page of Reddit, this graphic got an honourable mention on the Washington Post Know More blog. Who needs journalism degrees when you can make it to the Post with some graphic skills, right? Couple of notes: What constitutes the “main” location of a film is very much arbitrary, and …
Inspired by the New Jersey map, and used as a fun exercise in both mapmaking and summing up my own knowledge of my home country. Obviously this is no hard science (or whatever form of science, for that matter), but, you know, it’s a map. Maps are cool. Annexed by Germany: North sea beach. Ze …
This was originally a series of albums in the /r/Movies subforum at Reddit.com, featuring a wide range of figures with some historical significance and the actors who portrayed them in film and TV. Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3 | Album 4 | Album 5 | Album 6 | Album 7 | Album 8 | Album 9
The 43 presidents of the United States as portrayed in film and TV. 43? Yes, 43. Original Reddit post here.
