1.20.2008

And speaking of geography...

...this map is cool. Countries are labeled by the two-letter country codes that are used in URL extensions.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This kind of a map is prone to inaccuracies and questions of what really are useful/interesting comparisons, but well, the idea, if nothing else, is interesting: http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/

Anonymous said...

What an interesting map! Cool that you looked around the strange maps site, too. Minnesota would have to be Norway...

Anonymous said...

Long pause in the discussion…

And look at this map—interesting to watch it unfold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US_states_by_date_of_statehood.gif