The problem with cartograms is that they can be difficult to interpret: distorting a country to be larger or smaller isn’t helpful if you don’t know the size of the country in the first place, or can’t recognize it when you’re done. None of which applies, however, if you distort a flat map along a third axis — i.e., a three-dimensional cartogram. And if you happen to do it with Lego bricks, well, that just adds an extra veneer of awesome. Via @dvdhns, among others.
Lego Cartograms first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on February 27, 2011. Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.
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