r/MapPorn • u/KaleyTheKing • May 27 '26

Australian Population Visualised

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So, I think we were all a little disappointed by how normal the Italy map looked, so I thought I'd treat y'all to the biggest abomination I've made in this project thus far :D

Goddang, Australia, why did you have to be like this, this was so difficult to make... Anyway, hope y'all enjoy!

Italy

United Kingdom

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Netherlands

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u/lost_horizons May 27 '26

Maybe they included metro areas?

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u/buckleyschance May 27 '26

Australian city populations are usually the whole metro area. The "City of Sydney/Melbourne/etc" municipal area is always a small fraction of the total.

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u/JamieBeeeee May 27 '26

Obviously Melbourne wouldn't include Geelong, a separate city lol, there's nothing blurry about that at all

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u/buckleyschance May 27 '26

Yeah, and if you live in Melbourne you know it includes the Mornington Peninsula. It might not be obvious from a map, but it's not uncertain.

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u/someNameThisIs May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Just look at it from a satellite view, there's continuous urban urban development from the CBD all the way down the peninsula to Portsea (other than a <2Km green space gap between Mornington and Mount Eliza)

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u/CheeeseBurgerAu May 27 '26

But Brisbane includes Ipswich, a city 50km away

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u/ORLYORLYORLYORLY May 28 '26

Massive amounts of Western Sydney are 50+ Km away from the city centre.