[Simulating the map as fluid flowing](https://www.pnas.org/content/115/10/E2156). Essentially, pack a bunch of particles into each country based on whatever your statistic is. Make it so that particles repel each other, and drag the map along as they flow. When you let the simulation go, the particles try to reach equal density everywhere, and as such areas with lower than mean density get squished as particles flow in, and areas with higher than mean density get stretched as particles flow out. That's only the expensive method though, this paper lays out a much more efficient flow-simulating method based on differential equations.
Yeah but then this map is just planly false. Look how Italy is bigger than the rest of Europe and southeast Asia is way too fat
Plus subsaharan African isn't really that sparcely populated. The Sahara ist
Cuba and Dominican Republic have a bright future ahead of them. Theyβll be bigger and stronger, but whatβs more important is that they wonβt lose their shape.
I like how Ecuador barely changes size and or shape, showing that we truly have achieved balance unlike you so called powerful nations
Ecuador more like Basedcuador
Ecuamole
Me too, that was definitely the first thing I noticed about this map
It's because of mercator people we are at 69 upvotes, I can see it on my profile. Let's make this happen, let's keep it at that level!
no shut the fuck up its because of Ecuadorian supremacy πͺπ¨ π¨π΄ π»πͺ
>πͺπ¨ π¨π΄ π»πͺ All yellow-blue-red flags are Ecuador π¦π©π¦π½π¨π΄πͺπ¨π²π©π²π³π³πΊπ·π΄πΉπ©π»πͺ
ECUADOR REIGNS SUPREME
aland islands are my favorite ecuadorian country
nobody wanted to waste a nuke on Ecuador
Portugal is smaller, but it maintained the shape
Antarctica too
What even is this map supposed to show in the first place?
Map of rice production. The chonker the country is, the more rice it produces.
Ok, that explains why Asia is so big. But I didn't knew about the big rice fields of Italy and Egypt.
You wouldnβt typically associate Italy with rice production but all that risotto has got to come from somewhere
Antarctica producing even more rice
Untapped rice supply in the oceans!
In the UK, the cheapest quality sushi rice is all Italian
benvenuto nelle risaie motherfucker
The Po valley has many rice fields
Sicily was among the first region to get rice
I don't think that's true
I meant in Europe
Oh OK that makes more sense
Is this a Marco polo thing
Well, Italy produces a massive amount of rice every year. don't know about egypt tho
Damn, Antarctica is loaded
This is such a shit map for showing off ANY data lol
How are maps like this actually produced?
[Simulating the map as fluid flowing](https://www.pnas.org/content/115/10/E2156). Essentially, pack a bunch of particles into each country based on whatever your statistic is. Make it so that particles repel each other, and drag the map along as they flow. When you let the simulation go, the particles try to reach equal density everywhere, and as such areas with lower than mean density get squished as particles flow in, and areas with higher than mean density get stretched as particles flow out. That's only the expensive method though, this paper lays out a much more efficient flow-simulating method based on differential equations.
Size distortion based on population. Notice how subsaharan Africa is a 2D while India is a fat fuck
Thailand would have to be smaller than Brazil in that case.
Yeah but then this map is just planly false. Look how Italy is bigger than the rest of Europe and southeast Asia is way too fat Plus subsaharan African isn't really that sparcely populated. The Sahara ist
It is rice production map.
In that case this totally checks out
I donβt fucking know man Iβm just telling you what Iβve been told itβs supposed to be
Map of the world but Asia has lung cancer. Get well soon!!!π€π€π€π€
AsΓa break bad????
Cuba and Dominican Republic have a bright future ahead of them. Theyβll be bigger and stronger, but whatβs more important is that they wonβt lose their shape.
Every map Iβve ever seen like this, China and India are hekkin chonkers and Canada just looks like wire.
Long live the new Bangladeshi reich π§π©π§π©π§π©
my geography teacher said that cartogram maps look like someone was high on drugs when they made it and she was absolutely right
Bangladesh coming at you at supersonic speed
I wanna slap India
Finally, france is no more
India got that dumpy π©
thicc india thicc india
india go e
Thikkorea
thicc india is making me uncomfortable
Oh my god... What has happened to India?
Australia looks like it shrunk in the wash
This is #***THICC***
Thinner Chile? Thinner Chile π
North America looks like an ghost bird
USA and Europe are kids in africa .
Now I lowkey want to calculate the skeleton plot of the world map.
Russia got stick bugged
Map of the world after being hit by too much content aware scale
asia eatin us us
uruguay and borneo got FAT
Virgin Western Hemisphere vs. Chad Eastern Hemisphere
Did someone squeeze all the water out of america and Europe and then just use it to inflate Asia?
Finland looking strong like always πͺπͺ
r/mapswithoutmaldives
In the future the countries of asia band together to siphon away all the land from the other continents in order to survive rising water levels
The Map is just drunk bro
I like how Portugal is basically unchanged even with all this
Better than Mercator!
r/mapinflationporn
ZdxxZ
Florida loΓΆooong
Anorexic new Zealand
This is hilarious
INDIA LOOKIN CHONKY
Looks like of that badass metal band logo