Interesting Maps

Physical extent of the cities of Paris and San Francisco.

Paris contains 2.1 million inhabitants compared to 809,000 in San Francisco.

Alexander Hogg's detailed street map of London, 1784

Zoom in for more detail.

On the subject of huge ranches...

Anna Creek cattle station in South Australia is considered to be the world's largest farm, occupying an incredible 23,677 square kilometres (equivalent to 5.1 million acres), larger than Northern Ireland (14,000 sq km) and almost the size of Belgium (30,000 sq km).

Map of its location in Australia - and a comparison of its size (in red) with the biggest ranches in Texas, which Anna Creek dwarfs.

Map of the index of the origin by country of cyber-crime in 2024 (internet scams, blackmail, online money laundering, malware, spyware, phishing, vishing, etc.).

Developed by the University of Oxford - the top cybercrime countries are Russia, Ukraine, China, Nigeria, USA and Romania.

Turkey has a serious problem with a very violent and macho culture amongst its men, with rape, domestic violence and femicide rates being very high compared to Western countries.

Rape within marriage is common in Turkey, particularly in the poorer and less developed east of the country.

Not surprising that they deny the Armenian genocide - too much blinkered hot-headedness and "pride" in acknowledging their historical crimes.