Kazakhstan Is Tiny And Other Surprising Geographical Misconceptions
One of the main reasons so many geographical misconceptions exist around the sizes of certain countries and continents is the Mercator projection.
Embarrassing On-Air Gaffe As BBC Gets SA’s Location All Wrong [Video]
How the BBC managed to get the location of South Africa so wrong when reporting on the floods in KwaZulu-Natal is beyond understanding.
Real-Time Map Lets You Watch The Coronavirus Spread Across The Planet
Sidestep the false information about the coronavirus, or Wuhan virus as it’s also known, with this real-time tracker that lets you watch its progression in real-time.
It Took NASA Almost Two Years To Capture This Stunning X-Ray Image Of The Sky
The latest incredible image from NASA is an X-ray image of the entire sky taken by the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer.
News24’s Map Of Cape Town’s Illegal Street Racing Hotspots
Dangerous, illegal high-speed driving is commonplace in more than 30 street racing hotspots scattered throughout Cape Town and the surrounding areas.
Today’s Amazing Map Shows South Africa’s River Systems [Image]
We don’t feature maps all that often, because a map is a map is a map, but this effort deserves a closer look.
Best Website Ever Lets You See What Is At The Exact Opposite Side Of The Planet To You Now
Digging to China and other far-flung locations just became a whole lot easier, thanks to a website that tells you where you’ll end up if you started digging.
You Know About This Week’s Brilliant Uber Promo, Right?
Uber are running another one of their promos, so if you were looking for an excuse to get out and about this week consider that box ticked.
Airbnb’s Most Wish-Listed Property In South Africa
Somewhere in Vredehoek lies South Africa’s most wish-listed Airbnb home, and from these pictures it’s not hard to see why.
Map Shows Exactly What Every Country In The World Is Best At [Infographic]
The world is a weird and wonderful place, and every nation brings something different to the table. So what does each country rule the roost in?
Someone Finally Mapped Out Cape Town’s Taxi Routes
We know that taxis ferry thousands of people around the Mother City every day, but now we finally have a map that shows exactly how they do it.
Cape Town’s Underground Tube Map
Hold up, what’s that you say, an underground tube in Cape Town? It looks like it would beat our train system hands down.
This ‘Map Of The Internet’ Is Just Fab! [IMAGE]
The Internet is a big place, and a large number of sites have come and gone. This map of the Internet created by graphic designer Martin Vargic is insane. Representing the online world through cartography, with no detail spared, this map is worth checking out.
This Interactive Map Showing The Most Photographed Cities In The World Will Blow Your Mind
Now more than ever, the still image is one of the most dominant forms of media in the world. More importantly, more people in the world have access to some sort of camera than ever before in history.
Check Out All The New Cape Town MyCiti Bus Routes [Map]
I was liaising with someone at MyCiti the other day, asking when Camps Bay will be connected to the system, given all the new bus stops. This year, she says.. this year. She sent this radical new routes map..
4,000 Years Of World History Neatly Condensed Into One Map [PIC]
This is impressive. 4,000 years of world history have been condensed to fit onto a single map, created by John B. Sparks and printed in 1931 by Rand McNally. The 1,5 metre map was advertised as “clear, vivid and shorn of elabouration”. The Histomap displays four thousand year’s of World history, and with the use of colour empahised “how the power of various ‘peoples’ evolved throughout history”.
Floorplan Of Oscar Pistorius Crime Scene #oscarpistorius
We have finally got our hands on the floorplan of Oscar Pistorius’ bedroom and bathroom areas. On the map we have noted arrows showing the route he would have taken to get to the estimated point of shooting. Click to review..
Map Of World Weed Use – 2012
The Economist has surprised everybody by doing something fun, using the United Nations’ World Drug Report 2012 (released yesterday) to generate a map of the world’s heaviest weed users. The Pacific island of Palau wins easily, with nearly a quarter of people aged 15 to 64 having smoked pot in the past year. South Africa does okay, too.
NASA Releases Infrared Map Of Entire Universe [PIC]
Have you ever wondered what the universe would look like on a single photo? You did!? Well, what a coincidence, because NASA has just released this infrared map of the entire universe. This serves as a capstone for a bigger cosmic map – containing 18 000 images and 560 million different objects. It took NASA fourteen years of preparation and three years of data collection.
South Africa’s Economy Equivalent To Maryland’s, Apparently
So this is pretty cool! Sort of. If you find random bits of information that you can start awkward conversations with cool. And you should. You really should. The folks at The Economist put together a map of the USA that matches each state with an economically comparable nation, using GDP to measure. And we match with Maryland!
GEOGRAPHY – IT’S ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
Ever wondered what a world map would look like if it was customised to fit the stereotypes of any one country? If nothing else, this series of maps created by Bulgarian graphic designer, Yanko Tsvetov, teaches us that foreign policy in Europe will always be more about friends and relatives than actual reason. Much geographical […]