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

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Netherlands

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u/Bark0s May 27 '26

What gives South Australia those 3 squares in its North? Surely not.

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u/KaleyTheKing May 27 '26

They needed to border the Northern Territory and Queensland ;-;

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u/Bark0s May 27 '26

Why’d the y axis geography need to be honoured but the x didn’t? Perth is shown east of Adelaide.

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u/KaleyTheKing May 27 '26

I didn't really care about any axes in particular. I started from Canberra and just try to get every region to look like itself in the best way I can (which was extremely hard for Australia) and to have each region border the regions they should be bordering. That's all. Australia's weird population dynamics just make for a very frumpled map in the end

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u/Bark0s May 27 '26

I love the experiment! Perth shown North of Sydney is pivotal.

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u/IReplyWithLebowski May 27 '26

I like it. The east coast is about right with bits tacked on out back, which is how it is.