# Extremely cool Infographics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398 "2022-06-17T20:16:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398/1 "2022-06-17T20:16:19Z")

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This could also go in the QZ:

> **[How America Lost One Million People](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/13/us/covid-deaths-us-one-million.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab)**
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> Understanding the death toll — who makes up the one million and how the country failed them — is essential as the pandemic continues.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398/2 "2022-06-17T21:55:45Z")

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Very impressive article.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398/3 "2022-06-17T23:23:50Z")

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Except for the spine of death along Appalachia, that graphic pretty well is a map of raw US population headocunt. Not exactly, but close.

It would, IMO, be far more informative to see a graphic of death _rate_ on a similar scale and detail.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398/4 "2022-06-17T23:31:58Z")

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A classic:  
[![](https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/graphics/minard_lg.gif) ](https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/graphics/minard_lg.gif)

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398/5 "2022-06-17T23:38:09Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> that graphic pretty well is a map of raw US population

ObligXKCD:

> **[Heatmap](https://xkcd.com/1138/)**
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> There are also a lot of global versions of this map showing traffic to English-language websites which are indistinguishable from maps of the location of internet users who are native English speakers.