Interesting Maps

Interesting Map #1

Gas prices in the USA

Source: Gasbuddy.com

Result of 2004 Election

Source: www.MittRomney.com
Link: http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/gas_prices_vs_political_retribution
    The first map is about gas prices in different states of America. We can see from the map that gas prices of mid-American states, such as Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,  are the lowest. Gas prices of modern cities like New York are the highest.Gas prices of states like Virginia are in the middle. The second map shows the result of 2004 elections. The red areas were supporting the Republican, while the blue areas were supporting the Democrats. What's interesting is that when we see the two maps in combination, we can see the red areas of the second one overlap with the yellow and green areas in the first one. It seems that people in areas with lower gas prices tend to support the Republican. Yet that can be misleading because people's political propensity is influenced by many factors. Gas prices and the result of 2004, in my opinion, is just an interesting coincidence.

Interesting Map #2

Source: Alexis
Link: http://www.denmarkfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-map-of-denmark.html
    This is a map of Denmark. We can see the shape of Denmark and names of the sea. What's interesting is that map maker drew the map in a humorous way. Denmark looks like a big profile of a woman, a head of a man, a child, and several cute animals. Surely drawing map in such a funny way can help people memorize, but there are not enough details, like names of cities and geographic characteristics. Therefore, for me, it is cool to evoke children's interests by using that map, but it is not appropriate to use it as a formal teaching material.

Interesting Map #3

 

Source: United States Censusure Bureau 2000
Link: http://philebersole.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/pct_no_diploma1.gif
    This is a map about the percent of adults lacking a high school diploma in the U.S. We can see a measuring scale in the left corner of the map. We also find out that higher percentage of people in southern states do not graduate from high school, while people in northern states are more likely to have high school diploma. Interesting thing is that, in Los Angeles, 25 percent or more people do not graduate from high school. The fact is surprising because LA is the second large city in America but still have so many people without high school diploma.