57 Interesting World Maps

I came across this page called '57 maps that will challenge what you thought you knew about the world' on StumbleUpon.
There are some really interesting, as well as some really funny, map data visualisations that are worth checking out.
I've included some of my favourites below but it's really worth having a look at the page as they are all pretty good.

I also found this Yelp Worldmap which is a heat map showing the hipster density in New York which I found quite funny.

The map works by using data from reviews, so when calculating hipster density Yelp will have used reviews that mention the word 'hipster' and gone from there, pretty clever.

You can customise a map to see certain things, picking a city and then a thing that you'd like to see the density of in that city.

I chose London as my city and cocktails as my thing to see.

As well as being quite amusing and fun to play around with, Yelp Worldmap could actually be a pretty useful thing to use if you're looking for a certain thing and are not sure where to go.

Further Data Visualisation Example

The data visualisation below is a slight variation of the graph below.

It is using the same data - cocktail recipes - but displaying that data in a different form, that some people may or may not prefer.

I personally prefer the data visualisation in the previous post as I think it's more interesting to look at, but there are many different options with which to display data on Raw.

Data Visualisation Example Using 'Raw' App - Pretty Cool!