Balloon Maps

[john250]

This is interesting, to me anyway. Balloon maps. Statistics meets geography.
Do these have any real purpose? They were produced by public universities, so tax money was likely involved somewhere in the process. I'll say they help my understanding of where the people live, who has how much wealth, and etc.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... c=fb&cc=fp

 

[MistyMorning]

This is interesting, to me anyway. Balloon maps. Statistics meets geography.
Do these have any real purpose? They were produced by public universities, so tax money was likely involved somewhere in the process. I'll say they help my understanding of where the people live, who has how much wealth, and etc.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... c=fb&cc=fp

Well one of my degrees is in Geography, soooo I took a look see. Here's my take on them, they are just a kitschy tool. There are plenty of resources/maps that combine the two disciplines just fine already.

 

[Jogeephus]

Looks like standard of living is inversely proportional to population growth. I guess that old bumper sticker was right. "If you can't feed 'em don't breed 'em". Of course this only applied to cattle I'm sure.