More on maps

I wanted to write a bit more on www.up2maps.net and talk a bit more about how you can use the different features to create a very detailed and informative map. I got an idea for a future map project which would cover nuclear weapons and nonproliferation. My map would have a couple of different layers. First, there would be the global view with all the states divided up and colored coded nicely to different categories depending on whether they 1.(the red states) currently have nuclear weapons, 2.(the orange states) do not have nuclear weapons but are suspected of attemtping to acquire nuclear weapons, or 3.(the green states) do not have nuclear weapons and are not suspected of attempting to acquire them. There would also be a few additional dimensions to the global view of my map with another categorization of states based on whether they are a member of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty or not. There would also be a categorization of states who have nuclear energy reactors, those developing nuclear energy reactors, and those without nuclear energy reactors.

Once the global portion is completed I would start to focus on individual states and I would have a few different layers to add to each individual state map. Including the locations of all known nuclear weapons storage factilities and all nuclear reactors and the locations of suspected nuclear sites.

There are a number of different websites that can be accessed to get all of the data needed to complete a map report I will list a few here that have a lot of information on various topics.

1. CIA World Factbook
2. IAEA website (for those interested in nuclear related issues)
3. The United Nations (they have many maps of their own to glean data from)
4. U.S. Census website

There are many different ways to use up2maps.net to create map reports for your own use, for presentations, or to share with others. These maps might be useful to people in the fields of International Relations, Foreign Policy, Global Business, and many more. I hope this post gave you an idea of the projects that are possible using this website.