bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

Maps Of America That Will Make You See Things Differently

The United States is made up of 328.2 million people, all completely different and unique. However, despite everyone being their own person, we tend to group to people with similar opinions, values, and views as us and live within close proximity. These maps show many of these groups and differences, as well as give us an estimate of just how big the country really is. The maps will give you a totally different view of the red, white, and the blue.

1. Surprising Total Population -- The areas highlighted in red on map indicate areas that have a total population greater than the rest of the country, shown in gray, combined.


2. "8 Million Miles" Of Highways -- Did you know that highways make up 8 million miles of the entire United States? That’s a whole lot of paving! Here you can see how interconnected all of the American highways really are. Who’s up for a road trip?


3. Light Pollution -- Light pollution occurs when there is an excess of artificial light, causing the natural night sky to be drowned out completely. Here we can see a visual representation of the light pollution in the United States.


4. Red And Orange Sections Have Equal Populations -- The way population in the United States works is truly fascinating. For some reason, people tend to gravitate towards the coasts, both east and west, and cram into small areas highly populated.


5. Efficient Road Trip Through Every Springfield -- Have you ever noticed that there are a ton of places around the United States that have a city called Springfield? Somebody very clever thought about this and decided to make a map.


6. States Resized According To Population Density -- How vast the entire country of the United States really is, since we usually think about states individually. In this map, each state is resized according to population density.


7. Underwater Cables That Sustain The Internet -- The entire Internet is powered by underwater cables that are deep under all of us around the globe? It’s pretty fascinating to see visually as well. It seems like an engineering miracle.


8. United States Vs. Australia Size -- In the USA, we don’t tend to think about other countries very often outside the context of vacation. Who really thinks about how large Australia is? This map superimposes the US on top of Australia.


9. Air Traffic Control Zones -- Traveling by air is one of the most incredible things about living. Centuries ago, people could only dream of flying from one place to the other, and now we can even use WiFi aboard planes.


10. Countries That Don’t Use The Metric System -- In the USA, we use the Imperial system of measurement system, which is a vestige of when the United States were British colonies. Not many other places use this system.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Interesting

Xmsmn Loc: Minnesota

Good trivia, interesting too.
Mark

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Really interesting.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Really interesting. Thanks for posting this.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

Very interesting, thanks.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good stuff! Happy New Year!

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Really great information.

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

Interesting - and I don't live there. But I became aware of some of the 'differences' during a 3 month 15k mile tour some years back.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Very interesting. Thanks for this information.
--Bob

Bruce M. Loc: Longueuil, Quebec, CANADA

Sorry, these are not maps of America they are maps od the United States.

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

Excellent post.
Bruce

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

These are most interesting. Many, especially the first, do not surprise me at all.

samantha90 Loc: Fort Worth,Texas

A very interesting and informative post.