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@infobeautiful@vis.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
https://medium.com/enrique-dans/connectivity-is-the-key-to-africa-s-growth-94a0dd91364b

by @Medium

Map of the continent of Africa outlined in black, with various countries and regions overlaid to demonstrate their relative sizes compared to parts of Africa. The United States (in dark purple) covers a significant portion of North and West Africa. China (in red) covers a large part of Central and Southern Africa. India (in orange) is shown in East Africa. Several European countries are placed in the northwest: Spain (brown), France (purple), Germany (yellow), Italy (green), Netherlands (light purple), Belgium (dark purple), Switzerland (light blue), Portugal (light brown), and the UK (blue) is shown off the southeastern coast. Eastern Europe (blue) is situated in the northeast. Japan (yellow) is a long, narrow shape along the southeastern coast. China (smaller part in light red) and India (smaller part in light orange) are also shown in the Horn of Africa region.
Map of the continent of Africa outlined in black, with various countries and regions overlaid to demonstrate their relative sizes compared to parts of Africa. The United States (in dark purple) covers a significant portion of North and West Africa. China (in red) covers a large part of Central and Southern Africa. India (in orange) is shown in East Africa. Several European countries are placed in the northwest: Spain (brown), France (purple), Germany (yellow), Italy (green), Netherlands (light purple), Belgium (dark purple), Switzerland (light blue), Portugal (light brown), and the UK (blue) is shown off the southeastern coast. Eastern Europe (blue) is situated in the northeast. Japan (yellow) is a long, narrow shape along the southeastern coast. China (smaller part in light red) and India (smaller part in light orange) are also shown in the Horn of Africa region.
Map of the continent of Africa outlined in black, with various countries and regions overlaid to demonstrate their relative sizes compared to parts of Africa. The United States (in dark purple) covers a significant portion of North and West Africa. China (in red) covers a large part of Central and Southern Africa. India (in orange) is shown in East Africa. Several European countries are placed in the northwest: Spain (brown), France (purple), Germany (yellow), Italy (green), Netherlands (light purple), Belgium (dark purple), Switzerland (light blue), Portugal (light brown), and the UK (blue) is shown off the southeastern coast. Eastern Europe (blue) is situated in the northeast. Japan (yellow) is a long, narrow shape along the southeastern coast. China (smaller part in light red) and India (smaller part in light orange) are also shown in the Horn of Africa region.
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Robin Barton
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@Robo105@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful Very good indeed
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Log 🪵
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@log@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful "New colonialism map, go! Everyone get out to your assigned areas and get to exploiting!"

Infographic artist: [Horrified expression, extended Sideshow Mel groan.]

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Kevin Russell
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@kevinrns@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful

Nice

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Clifford Oliver
Clifford Oliver
@cliffco58@mstdn.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful Africa hasn't belonged to Africans for centuries.
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John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful That's some radical continental drift.
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HuisOpDeGaard 🇾🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
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@huis@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

IMMAPPANCY

@infobeautiful Not only is the blogpost 15 years old…that author of the post did not do a very goog job in referencing the ‘Africa-image’ to it’s original author; http://kai.sub.blue/en/africa.html

He ‘coined’ the term “ “immappancy”, meaning in-
sufficient geographical knowledge.” adressing “the highly distorted nature of the predominantly used mapping projections (such as Mercator).”

The full map and adjoining info is avalable as a download (CC).
#kaikrause #mercator #immappancy

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Ruby
Ruby
@Rubelicious@mastodon.ie replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful shame that the author threw Ireland in as part of the UK 🙄
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millennial fulcrum
millennial fulcrum
@falcennial@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful I legitimately thought this was a geopolitical map and I was like well then where the fuck are the russia terrorists then
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guenther
guenther
@guenther@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@infobeautiful oh no, we're Libya :(
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