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Major European Cities On A Map Of Texas
Map created by reddit user daysleeperrr The map above shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas. Depending on your point of view, it either shows that...
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Kiribati & Interesting Facts About Its Geographic Anomalies
Map created by reddit user evening_raga Kiribati is one of those countries you never hear anything about yet has some very unique and interesting geographic anomalies. These 3 maps created by reddit...
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21 Of The Saddest Places On Earth From Instagram’s sadtopographies
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, Washington If you’re not following @sadtopographies on Instagram, you should. The account shows the places with saddest and most depressing names on earth. Examples...
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13 Best Scratch Maps For Your 2016 Travel Adventures
Looking for the best scratch map to record your travel adventures or to give as a gift? Below we profile 13 brilliant options from world maps to maps of the USA & Europe to a glow in the dark map,...
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Top 15 Best Maps Of 2015 (Plus 10 Honourable Mentions)
Brilliant Maps is now just over 1 year old. Since launching we’ve made a total of 167 posts. So we thought now was as good a time as any to look back at what the 15 best and most popular maps were for...
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The Situation in Syria
Jackson Pollock style map of The Situation in Syria found on DifficultyII. While the Jackson Pollock style map of The Situation in Syria above is obviously not meant to be taken literally, it does a...
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The First Proposed Map of Pakistan & The Partition of India
Map created by Choudhry Rahmat Ali found via Wikimedia The map above was created by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who was a Pakistani nationalist and is often credited with coming up with the name ‘Pakistan.’...
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Listen To The World: Global Sound Map From Cities & Memory
An example of what you can listen to on the Global Sound Map. See below for full interactive version. The interactive global sound map below is one of the cooler and more original map concepts we’ve...
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Places in Norway Literally Named After Hell
Map created by reddit user PisseGuri82 using Helvetica The map above shows many of the places in Norway literally named after Hell (Helvete in Norwegian). In total there are over 300 place names...
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Magnificent Ordnance Survey Map of Mars
Map of Western Arabia Terra on Mars created by the Ordnance Survey. Click for full size. Warning very big. The map above shows the Western Arabia Terra region of Mars. It was created by the Ordnance...
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The Incredible Shrinking Aral Sea 1960-2014
Map created by NordNordWest via Wikimedia The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest body of inland water in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 but, as the map dramatically illustrates, it has now...
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What If Kamchatka Was an Independent Country?
Map created by reddit user pavelzuk The map shows what an independent Republic of Kamchatka, (best known as a territory in Risk) might look like. A few facts: With 316,116 people it would have a...
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Map of Countries Where Pokemon GO is Available
Map created by reddit user tomate44 The map above shows countries where the world’s most viral app ever, Pokemon GO, is available. The data has been pulled from releases.com and is accurate as of July...
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How Far Could You See From The Top of Mount Everest?
Map created by reddit user wildeastmofo The map above shows how far you theoretically could see from the top of Mt. Everest on perfectly clear day, with perfect vision and without any obstacles. And...
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14 Great Map, Geography, City & Travel Adult Coloring Books
The map, geography, travel and city inspired adult coloring books below are a great gift for any map lover who already owns an amazing world atlas, a spectacular scratch map and all the best map based...
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Scratch Map Giveaway: Win 1 of 3 Scratch Off World Maps From Landmass
Landmass are very generously giving away 3 of their beautiful world scratch maps, exclusively to readers of Brilliant Maps. But you’ll have to act fast, as the giveaway is only running until December...
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Greenland Is Farther East, West, North, And South Than Iceland
Full credit goes to Reddit user etymologynerd The map above shows an somewhat interesting geographical fact: Greenland is farther east, west, north, and south than Iceland. However, Iceland does have...
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11 Public Transport Travel Time Maps: Europe vs The United States
London Public Transport Travel Time Map created using TravelTime Maps Radius tool Have you ever wondered how much of your city is accessible by public transport within 60 minutes? Well TravelTime Maps...
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All The Public Saunas In Finland
Map created by Reddit user iBleeedorange The map above supposedly shows all the public saunas in Finland. According to Statistics Finland, the total number of saunas was estimated to be over 2 million...
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The Height of Burj Khalifa vs Vatican City
Map created by reddit user 1234julien1234 The map above shows what would happen if you lay the Burj Khalifa on its side within the Vatican City. The Burj Khalifa is world’s the tallest building at 828...
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