Name: Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)
Uploaded: 2016-11-30T16:06:37Z
Duration: 13 min 57 s
Description: What does the world look like when you map it using data? Social geographer Danny Dorling invites us to see the world anew, with his captivating and insightful maps that show Earth as it truly is -- a connected, ever-changing and fascinating place in which we all belong. You'll never look at a map the same way again.

What does the world look like when you map it using data? Social geographer Danny Dorling invites us to see the world anew, with his captivating and insightful maps that show Earth as it truly is -- a connected, ever-changing and fascinating place in which we all belong. You'll never look at a map the same way again.

Danny Dorling: Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)

Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)

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