Where Have You Been?
Sunday, 19th December 2004
I decided to make one of these map thingies after seeing the one Meri had put up on her blog. Apart from the fact that most of my travelling is confined to Europe (something I hope to rectify) it also struck me that the way some countries were represented was a little (for want of a better word) unrepresentative.
For example, There are many countries in the world which you can fit most of Europe into. If I had managed to visit the US at anytime (eveny just one city) then the whole of the US would be highlighted including Alaska. This would have more than doubled the amount of red on the map, without me doing twice the amount of travelling I had done within Europe.
At first I considered that doing it on the basis of “States Vistied” (or territories or provinces or whatever for different countries) might be better, although it occured to me that this is not necessarily representative either (compare the size of New York State to Texas?) so maybe by timezone would be a better idea.
Anyway, it’s not like I’m going to do anything about it, it’s just another of those pipe dreams I keep having.
Fatty:
Yeah, I came across the unrepresentativity of that map due to having been to Moscow for a fortnight - the entirety of Russia (which I hadn’t realised was quite that big) was lit up in red for me
Sunday 19th, December 2004
at 10:43 am
Elly:
Well, Russia is the largest country (by area) in the world. :op
Monday 20th, December 2004
at 7:02 am
Kevin Cheng:
I tried that map once but then decided it was more fun to do the IndyJunior map. More interactive and fun. You can see it at http://www.kurioso.com/kevin
Tuesday 21st, December 2004
at 5:48 pm
Elly:
I keep meaning to have a play with IndyJunior, but am yet to find the time. It appears to be a lot more powerful than the one I used - and the graphics are prettier too :o)
Wednesday 22nd, December 2004
at 9:04 am