This website contains some interesting articles concerning the mapping of the world by the USSR. The first line in the first article sums it up quite amusingly. “Every Soviet president from Stalin to Gorbachev, and all their high-ranking officers, knew not only where you lived, but how to get there by tank.”
Category Archives: Geography
Common Census Map Project
I just participated in the Common Census Map Project. Here is a summary from their website. The CommonCensus Map Project is redrawing the map of the United States based on Internet users’ voting, to show how the country is organized culturally, as opposed to traditional political boundaries. It shows how the country is divided into …
Mortality Statistics
As learned from Matt Rosenberg at About.com/geography, there is a website out there, nationmaster.com which has some fascinating information. Specifically, for this post, mortality statistics by country. What are you most likely to die of? Use the drop down menus to parse the data! I realize that mortality statistics are inherently serious, but I couldn’t …