Vancouver movies
This guy explains it best: Vancouver never plays itself in movies. So who does Vancouver play?Mostly Seattle, apparently. But also Honduras, Las Vegas, Albany and Siberia, among other places. I took the data from Movie Maps, which has a fairly comprehensive list of every scene filmed in Vancouver.I have a series of YouTube videos where […]
The definitive GDP map
I got tired of seeing these horrible maps:So I decided to combine them all into one to make the Definitive Arbitrarily-Classified GDP Map.Here are the bounds: Benchmark GDP (USD) Source California 2.60E+12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California US student debt 1.44E+12 https://studentloanhero.com/student-loan-debt-statistics/ Apple Inc market cap 8.15E+11 Google finance US military budget 5.22E+11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States Apple cash reserves 2.57E+11 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/02/apples-cash-hoard-swells-to-record-256-8-billion.html […]
In saecula saeculorum
Something I learned recently – the longest unit of time in Ancient Rome was called the Saeculum. It was the period of time from the moment that something happened (for example the founding of a city), until the point in time when all people living at the first moment had died. In other words, it’s […]
Roman Roads of Britain
If you think this would make a cool poster, for $9 I’ll send you a high-res, print-worthy PDF!Here it is, by popular request. This was far more complicated than I had initially anticipated. Not only were there way more Roman Roads in Britain than I initially thought, but also their exact locations and extents are […]
Roman roads update
If you think this would make a cool poster, for $9 I’ll send you a high-res, print-worthy PDF!I got numerous comments following the release of my Roman roads map. Acting by the mantra of “OP delivers”, I decided to take this feedback into account and create an updated version of the map. The new map […]
When everything goes wrong (email)
Now that this Roman roads thing is settling down, by popular request I am publishing this email. Context: someone I knew set me up to meet a Mr. Srinivasan, who would consider me for a job. Some names and info were changed. Hi Natalie,I just want to thank you again for the opportunity to meet […]
Roman Roads
If you think this would make a cool poster, for $9 I’ll send you a high-res, print-worthy PDF!It’s finally done. A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire of ca. 125 AD.Creating this required far more research than I had expected—there is not a single consistent source that was particularly good for […]
Will Moscow ever stop growing?
Русская версия картыEven as Russia struggles to grow its population, Moscow’s incredible growth seems unstoppable. Excluding St. Petersburg, Russia’s next 15 largest cities combined could comfortably fit inside Moscow and its suburbs.In a recent map, I looked at the growth and decline of post-Soviet cities. Across the entire post-Soviet space, there is one overwhelming winner – Moscow. For hundreds […]
Development in Russia
Версия на русском. Colorblind-friendly version.I got a hold of human development data for each Russian federal subject, contained in a report (short version here) by Russia’s National Analytics Center. The report did have a map, but I didn’t particularly like how it was split between two PDF pages, let alone the wacky color scheme. Great […]
Biggest Soviet cities
Русская версия первой и второй карты.When I was looking for the Soviet Union’s largest cities, I couldn’t find any good list, let alone a map. Strange, I thought, considering that Russian Wikipedia seems to have incredibly detailed records of every Soviet city’s population. And yet, nobody had collected them in one place.I managed to find a […]
