Views of the World

For John, BLUF:  Maps are fun.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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My youngest sent along this link to a series of maps that help us better understand the world and what is happening.  To be fair, most of the maps ask more questions than they answer.  For example, Map 2.  How long is it going to take the rest of the world to catch up with the United States, Liberia and Burma?♠

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  We got our metric system when "[t]he French law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795) defined five units of measure."  So much for the metric clock and calendar.