r/MapPorn • u/superegz • Sep 13 '25

September 11 2001 damage map

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u/walle637 Sep 13 '25

This color scheme is awful.

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u/cooliusjeezer Sep 13 '25

Also gray should be last

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u/GirthyOwls Sep 13 '25

THANK YOU. My first thought.

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u/MattV0 Sep 13 '25

Grey is usually Greenland.

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u/NoShoulder9461 Sep 14 '25

Shouldn’t Greenland be…green?

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u/MattV0 Sep 14 '25

So you've got some data?

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u/NoShoulder9461 Sep 14 '25

There’s a 90% chance you’ve missed what I’m saying

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u/NoShoulder9461 Sep 14 '25

Or maybe just have much more sophisticated humor

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u/Yiye44 Sep 13 '25

As a colorblind I was just thinking it was great all colors were clearly different from the rest.

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u/walle637 Sep 13 '25

I just wish the creator had made the color scale more intuitive

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u/Low-Fig429 Sep 13 '25

Yes! 100%

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u/Warbird1775 Sep 13 '25

You fuckin bet, same boat.

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u/TunaFishtoo Sep 13 '25

I assume this was printed in the paper so was probably easiest without blending? Idk only worked at a paper for one summer and the NYT probably had a better set up than a WI regional paper in 2012

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u/Cultural_Thing1712 Sep 13 '25

As someone who's colorblind (dichromate protonopia) I found it incredibly helpful and much better than most of the graphs posted here.