Maps of incredible peaks that will change the way you see the Earth

The incredible "spike maps" that will change the way you see Earth: Eye-opening data reveals just how crowded YOUR hometown is - and how the world's population could fit into New York's five boroughs (if everyone stood side by side )Former urban studies professor Alasdair Rae creates visualizations using public population density data Unlike most maps, Rae's "spike maps" contain no border drawn between states and nations - a deliberate choice to show where people live in larger land masses. Philadelphia and New York, home to 51 million people - 15% of the total US populationEarth's population can probably fit in New York's five boroughs, standing side by side tee on the other

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Posted: 4:07 PM BST, 1 Aug 2022 | Update: 7:07 PM BST, Aug 1, 2022 relative to its interior - and the staggering detail that New York's five boroughs could contain all of Earth's inhabitants if they stood side by side.

Standard population density maps are colored but flat, so it's hard to tell how dense one area really is compared to another. While the spread of humanity is not surprising, these maps break down population density into peaks - the higher the peak, the greater the number of people living in an area - which provide a fascinating visual assessment of how which humans congregate along coasts near water in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, due to a long-standing preference since humans evolved from organisms oceanic.

These maps are unique because they do not show any borders drawn between the states of America or between the nations of Europe, Asia and Africa . Instead, they rely on population peaks to reveal the most fascinating aspects of human...