World Mapper
I’ve not come across this website ( http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html) before but when I read about it on Guy Kawasaki blog this morning I could see a few obvious uses in the Geography classroom. All of the maps are really interesting, but I found these two particularly interesting and relevant for population studies – amongst other things the UK’s aging population is very obvious.
This map shows the worldwide distribution of people over 65 years old:
This map show the distribution of children under the age of 15 years old:
Or how about these two maps to show the differences between imports and exports?
The map below shows toy imports:
This map shows toy exports:
Mapping Our World
Val Vannet
Thursday 11 May 2006