Berto Jongman: 2013 Innovative Maps

Geospatial
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Each map has an illustration of the map type, and additional links.

Year in Review

The Most Innovative Maps of 2013

1. The cloudless map.
2. The personalized map.
3. The real-time map.
4. The animated map.
5. The map that compares our present to the past.
6. The map that simulates the future.
7. The laser map.
8. The meta-map.
9. The 3D map.
10. The dot map of everyone.

Emily Badger is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in Washington, D.C

Mini-Me: How Many Countries in Africa?

Africa
Who?  Mini-Me?
Who? Mini-Me?

Huh?

How many countries in Africa? How hard can the question be?

Africa is one continent but how many countries? we were asked last week. The answer is more complicated than you might think but, simply put, there are 55 states that are recognised by either the AU or the UN or both.

Researched by Ruth Becker

“How many countries does the continent have in its entirety?” asked a message sent to us last week by a group of information security advocates.

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The sender, @Infosecafrica, noted that Africa’s regional political organisation the African Union has 54 members but had seen a report claiming the continent is home to 57 countries.

So how many countries does Africa have? The AU claims to represent all African countries. So are there 54 or 57? How hard – we thought – can the question be?

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Graphic: USA — 11 Separate Nations Today + Americas RECAP + Book Review

Citizen-Centered, Cultural Intelligence, Geospatial, Political, Tribes
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Source

Note: Graphic does not properly show First Nation, including Greenland and larger than the USA, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants and in pole position (pun intented) to be the future core for humanity.

Tip of the Hat to SchwartzReport

UPDATED 19 FEB 14:

Review: American Nations – A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

See Also:

2013 Healing the Americas with an Open Source Agency

Graphic: Robert Steele Global Strategy – The Hourglass Home Base Plus Four

SchwartzReport: South America Rising + New World Order II Meta-RECAP

Summary and RECAP Below the Line.

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