Thread by @undertheraedar

Weird alien eyeball? Or world population by latitude? Just another map experiment but since it fits with today's #30DayMapChallenge theme I'll share it here

statsmapsnpix.com/2021/11/world-…

I included a population vs land by latitude gif too, because it seems people don't like to live in the sea

does it matter if you use WorldPop instead of GHSL? Not that much, but WorldPop has a 2020 version so I used that

population by single degree is on the left of the big image - and would you believe it

or maybe density by latitude (based on pop/land) makes more sense eh

and when you look from directly above or below, you risk making a weird eyeball projection, but that's a risk I was willing to take

there's more on the blog for people who need to know this kind of stuff (and of course you'll see Bill Rankin's name there too)

statsmapsnpix.com/2021/11/world-…

you can find the high-res 600dpi file here for the world, makes it easier to read the population totals

Flat image - automaticknowledge.org/images/wpop-WI…

Globe - automaticknowledge.org/images/globe-v…

From above and below - automaticknowledge.org/images/eyeball…

plus there are all sorts of other odds and ends in that /images folder!

PS for any font nerds out there, it's Righteous

☝️ these are mainly playthings, but the methods behind them have their uses, including figuring out how far away everywhere is from Murmansk, and many more real-world applications