leviramsey Posted June 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted June 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3, 2012 I can think of at least one poster for whom a poster of this might make a decent gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted June 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3, 2012 More of an HTML5 app as opposed to a static map, Migrations Map is a great way to while away the hours: it tracks for just about every country on earth the number of migrants (people born in a country other than the one in which they currently live) living in and hailing from each country. For example, for the UK: Migrants in the UK: 538k from Ireland 470k from India 322k from Pakistan 268k from Germany 159k from the USA 155k from Bangladesh 147k from Jamaica 142k from South Africa 130k from Kenya 109k from Italy And for where Britons have expatriated 1.04m in Australia 823k in the USA 624k in Canada 249k in Ireland 218k in New Zealand 211k in Germany 148k in Philippines 108k in Spain 90k in France 50k in Pakistan While for the USA 9.34m from Mexico 1.45m from Philippines 1.44m from Puerto Rico 1.24m from Germany (probably largely due to kids born on base) 1.04m from India 1.01m from China 1.00m from Vietnam 945k from Canada 888k from Cuba 827k from El Salvador === 342k in Mexico 279k in Canada 234k in Puerto Rico 159k in the UK 157k in Philippines 148k in Germany 56k in Italy 54k in Australia 49k in Palestine 42k in France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3, 2012 I can think of at least one poster for whom a poster of this might make a decent gift. That's awesome. I might just order one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I can think of at least one poster for whom a poster of this might make a decent gift. George Eliot is a bit far east. I'm not being picky, but I can walk to her old stomping ground in about five minutes from where I am right now. Oh, and: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I can think of at least one poster for whom a poster of this might make a decent gift. 'tis a thing of beauty, really like that. Again, not wishing to be picky but I'd have liked a bit of Alexander Cordell on there finding some room in South Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I can think of at least one poster for whom a poster of this might make a decent gift. 'tis a thing of beauty, really like that. Again, not wishing to be picky but I'd have liked a bit of Alexander Cordell on there finding some room in South Wales. I can't find Ted Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 struggling to find Charles Dickens is it just me that thinks Fanny Burney is funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 5, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2012 is it just me that thinks Fanny Burney is funny?Would have been great if she'd married a Mr Cockburn. By the by, Ms Burney was a tough cookie - got breast cancer, and voluntarily had a mastectomy without anaesthetic. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted June 10, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2012 The London Map Fair is taking place soon, and here are some examples of the exhibitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Most popular websites in each country. Bit disappointed to see VT didnt make the #1 spot anywhere if I am being honest. :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted June 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2012 Damn you, Rev. I saw that map this afternoon on my phone and noted it for "post to VT later". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted June 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Shortbread, offal and heroin; the national diet of Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 battered shortbread, offal and heroin; the national dish of Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted July 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2012 Countries of the world, colored by how free market they are (source: Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.) Dark green: free market (Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland) Light green: mostly free market Yellow: moderately free market Orange: mostly unfree market Red: repressed market (North Korea finish bottom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Most popular websites in each country. Bit disappointed to see VT didnt make the #1 spot anywhere if I am being honest. :? Quite an interesting map ... If my geography is correct then Facebook is the most popular website in Mongolia ... Wonder if that is all tourists logging on from interweb cafes :-) Not sure if anyone is interested but my tour guide sent the first Facebook post from North Korea the other week as the main hotel there has limited Internet access and they unblocked Facebook from the restricted list They have 1m mobile phone subscribers there now and a 3G network ...at the moment the web is blocked from those 1m phone users but the talk is that soon it will be active Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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