9 Monday Maps: XKCD Appreciation Edition

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I’m a huge fan of Randall Munroe’s XKCD comic, especially his map related ones.

So today I thought I’d share a few of them below, including some explainers with the help of Explain XKCD.

And if you like his work, he’s written several books you can find here.

Map Projections & What They Say About You

Bad Map Projection #299: The Greenland Special

All The Land In Our Solar System

How To Date An Undated World Map

How To “Improve” The Map of The United States By Cleaning Up Some State Borders

The World According to Americans (Who Really Know Their Geography)

What Would Happen If You Pulled A 10m Plug In The Mariana Trench

Now Time Map

Bad map projection #102: The United Stralia, A 50/50 US Australia blend

Maps From Friday:

• Where The Mafia Operates In Italy

• Percentage of Homes With Air Conditioning Around The World

• Map of Countries That Claim To Be Democracies

• London Style Tube Map Of The World

• Map of Operation Midnight Hammer (U.S. Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites June 22nd 2025)

• Percentage Of Babies Born To Unmarried Women In The US By State

• Nematodes Per 100g Of Dry Soil

• Slightly Misleading Map of Demographics of Schools In England & Wales

• This Dad Mapped The Lives of Over 4,000 Of His Daughter’s Ancestors Over 400 Years

• Top 24 Foreign Nationalities Living In Japan In 2025

• Watch The Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran (1941) In 83 Seconds

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