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Unusual World Maps
November 15, 2008 | Worldmapper.org

Worldmapper.org is a website that has some very interesting maps. The land masses are resized to reflect things like population, resources, income, health, education, and much more. For example, in a map of total population, China and India appear very large, while Australia is tiny in comparison.


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