Unusual maps that make you look at the world differently (19 photos)

The Twitter account with the laconic name “Awesome Maps” is dedicated to... however, you already guessed what it is dedicated to and what it shares. In this collection, amateur cartographers will find answers to difficult and, most importantly, strange questions - for example, who in Europe likes heavier music, where the Catdog lives, and where in New Zealand to look for New Zealanders.





1. Approximately the same number of people live in the red and blue areas on this map of Africa.



2. The US-Mexico border, if stretched across Europe





3. Number of heavy metal bands per 1 million population



4. Illustration of world population density



5. All of South America is east of Michigan



6. Australia represents Cotops



7. 40% of Greece's population lives in this red zone



8. All of these blue areas have fewer people living in them than Los Angeles County (red)



9. Bird's eye view of La Plata, Argentina



10. If there was no ice in Antarctica



11. Mississippi River and all its tributaries



12. The northernmost point of Ireland is located north of Northern Ireland



13. Poland could easily fit inside Texas



14. Disused and/or abandoned railroad tracks in the USA



15. 5% of the world's population lives in the red zone. Another 5% live in blue



16. Places in New Zealand where no one lives are marked in green.



17. What do they call in different countries the person who brings gifts to children for Christmas and/or New Year?



18. All states that bordered Poland before 1990 no longer exist