Taking a look at some cool maps of North America and the World. This is part 4 in this series. Check out the other videos in the series. Album Displayed: "American Beauty" by the Grateful Dead (1970)
Google Earth has saved me many, many miles on my car. Instead of having to drive to places to see what they actually look like, I can actually see them from my computer or my smartphone.
I always say this but Google Earth, or your other favorite internet based satellite map browser, is one of the most important and amazing tools available to us
Yea man I’m usually super ADHD when watching this kinda stuff, this guys a really good presenter. Like you said, not a dull or wasted moment in these videos
I like the chill nature of them. No dramatized 10 minute long stories with stock footage and music. Just all kinds of maps. Nothing less, nothing more.
6:30 Here in Germany the minimum legal age to purchase strong alcohol like Whiskey is 18, but you can buy as much beer as you want when you are 16 without your parents. You are allowed to drink alcohol with 14 when your parents allow it.
Alright, I’m not gonna lie, allowing 14 year olds to drink pushes back towards the more outrageous side of the spectrum in my opinion. And this is coming from someone who started drinking at 14. 14 year olds are absolute idiots. And not even in a funny way, they’re just like seriously mentally deficient lmao
And that shows just how stupid certain aspects of the culture are. Giving a 14 year old kid a beer whose brain is still rather undeveloped. Pretty dumb, Germany. Don't worry, there is plenty of "stupid" to go around for other countries as well.
As a geologist, I inherited this (albeit shameful) stigma against geography in college where we considered it a “boring, lesser science,” but your videos have really changed my views on how awesome geography is and its importance in tying together a bunch of different fields 🤙 Really, really enjoy your content man, keep up the great work!
Great video as always, my comments are mostly on the surname map at around 8:40 Polish, Czech, and Slovenian are different for sure but not that much different but it's fun that their most common surname pretty much translates as "New Guy". The most common Croatian and Slovak surnames are actually of Hungarian origin and this word has meant Slav and/or Slovak across time. Iceland does have proper surnames as well, but they are much less common than the patronymic names, but they like in the other Nordic countries (minus Finland), these are mostly frozen patronyms aswell, I think Thorarensen (< Þórarinsson) is way up there. Notice, how Danish Jensen (it's been superseeded by Nielsen since this map was made), Norwegian Hansen, and Faroese Joensen look differently? Well, they're all local variations of "son of John", in fact, the Faroese top three is Joensen, Hansen, and Johannesen, all of which translate to "son of John". :)
Those first two maps really highlight the rain shadow effect in the northwest. It's amazing the difference in plants when crossing over the Cascade mountains and how quickly it changes.
The maps also shows the major effect of the Rain shadow between the Sierras and the Rocky Mountains. The two (2) driest States in the Union are first Nevada and next is Utah. They are also among the two (2) States which the Fed.’s own the vast majority of the land, Between 80 and 90% of the land! That’s a map I’d like to see, how much of a States land (By area on a map if possible) is owned, or for all intents and purposes is controlled by the Federal Government. It would also be interesting what or how much they pay to the counties or States, (If any) as compared to the property taxes brought in by Counties/States as a percentage by the Privately owned land?
@@douglasbubbletrousers4763 You will get lots of hits searching for those keywords and get alot more information but basically one side of the mountains get more rain than the other.
@@douglasbubbletrousers4763, You know how your body or a building between the sun and the area on the other-side you cast a shadow? A rain shadow is the equivalent, but with regards to the direction of a rain storm. The rain shadow effect is when a mountain or equivalent lays between two region’s, and blocks the rain in a storm or clouds from traveling across causing the rain as it rises over the mountains to drop its water on the side of the mountain range that it is crossing over leaving the leeward side with less moisture to deposit, as rain or snow, causing that side to become dryer often forming a dry region (i.e. becoming more desert like. In the UNITED STATES the Western region along the American Pacific Cost brings in moisture creating a much more moist region as opposed to the Eastern side of the Cascades or the Sierra Range. The Eastern side is much drier than the western side as the clouds are forced to drop there water on the Western side as they climb up over the mountain ranges. There are areas such as AZ., N.M., Eastern Colorado we’re storm’s can go around the mountain ranges coming out of the lower Pacific or the Mexican Gulf and travel up on the Eastern side of the mountain Ranges. Those Regions suffer less from the Rain Shadow effect than the Eastern sides of Washington or Oregon, or the whole states of Nevada or Utah. Hope this makes some sense.
@@douglasbubbletrousers4763 it's when a mountain range lies in the path of the prevailing direction of the weather. Mountain ranges tend to force the air to release its moisture on the "upwind" side. The air just downwind from the mountains thus has less moisture, this more arid area is called a rain shadow.
The flight map from the birds in your yard would probably show who of your neighbors has the best feeders. Kyle was wondering why it made a trip to Khartoum. Well: this species of eagle likes to visit rubbish dumps and I guess Khartoum must have a large one. I have been to dumps in India and Oman where you could see 100s of these eagles - the things some people do on holiday, haha!
@@Outwhere Khartoum has meeting of the two Niles. Blue/White Nile river join to become the Nile. Eagle just wanted make sure, because it’s good fishing spot. 😁🍺🍺🍺
While I find the ethics questionable, you could probably do a similar thing. The issue is the weight of the battery. Could do limited runs, assuming you ever find the bird again
The tree cover map really shows how much of our forests have been lost and converted into farmland etc.. lack of tree cover around the Mississippi River delta is not because it’s floodplain it’s because it’s been logged and converted into farmland. There used to be huge trees and vast forests growing in that floodplain. And while the map is pretty accurate it’s still missing a bit.
The best steak I ever had was at the Atlantic City Mercantile in Atlantic city, Wyoming! Cooked over Aspen logs. I'm originally from Lander Wyoming and it's cool to see you mention it!
@@Josh1888USU yes. I know. Atlantic city though....I think the population is about 100 maybe? Beautiful little former mining town on top of the south pass of the wind river mountains. I got stuck in a massive snowstorm in Laramie once. Other than that, I've only passed through, usually on the way to Denver.
I had the pleasure of spending some time in Lander when I did a NOLS semester course. As a New Englander it first introduced me to a amazingly beautiful part of our country.
Politely disagree. There is a small town in between Lander and Riverton that had two steak places. Either one was a good choice. You had to go into the kitchen to pay your bill. I think it's called Hudson, but can't check it now.
Another great video about maps and the data. Your videos are consistently interesting, insightful, and well-paced, which is very important because you have lots of data to cover.
Viewer in Shanghai here (born in Scotland; lived in the States): Just wanted to let you know Kyle that I started watching your channel last month. Love your videos and your down-to-earth personality. I've re-watched your March Madness videos several times. LOL. Keep up the great work!
There’s a an incorporated community in Iowa called Key West of all things! It is a tiny community a few miles south of Dubuque. Thanks Kyle, I love the interesting map series. I look forward to the next one!
Love your videos. Growing up in Utah, I was always ignorant about how Outdoors our state is, but I love the last map you had in there. The name of Utah comes from a local Piute tride word for "Tops of the mountains." You can see why we have 5 national parks as shown by a previous map.
I never knew that you could learn so much by examining maps. I’m a traditionalist (Boomer), and I’ve always been fond of physical relief and topographic maps.I love how much they have proliferated to cover just about any subject you could think of. I’m glad that I decided to watch your channel. I subscribed.
Good video, I can tell you're really passionnate about geography. Also it's amazing that you went to so many national parks! Keep up the good work, cheers from France 🇨🇵
Love that you have American Beauty on vinyl! A fantastic album! And love this show in general with all the interesting maps, including ones you've created.
Too funny - I haven't been to many National Parks, but am proud to say I've been to Isle Royale -- the least visited park in the Lower 48! Definitely worth a trip, GK!
I love your Tsunami Warning sign. I installed quite a few of these when I worked on the Pacific coast of Washington state. I’ll have to order one for my shop- I’ve got signs from multiple places where I’ve worked over the years. Including Barrow, Alaska.
I worked in emergency management for several years and developed the tsunami response plan for the county I was living in. Hopefully we'll never need to use it.
@@GeographyKing I totally agree with you about that! After attending enough seminars and classes, I became the irritating dad/uncle/cousin who made emergency bug out bags and kits for my family at Christmas time. Those kits seemed more useful than a gift card or a new piece of junk for the gift recipients. I actually enjoyed making low cost kits and starter bags for family members.
Thank you once again for making life a little more interesting and, for reasons I don't know, somehow more reassuring. You make it a-ok to stop worrying about _whatever_ for a few minutes and go on a relaxing and educational trip down some rabbit hole of fun facts that you mash all together and, once the ride's over, I feel somehow that the world's just a fine place to be in, after all. Just fine, and a little more interesting than I knew.
It was only two votes - what a waste; Still the way i learned was that it was taken to the Supreme Court, which decided that the ruling was unconstitutional, as the Indian tribes were considered as basically permanent residents, even if they even if they didn’t hold citizenship! The president (First Democratic President) told the Supreme Court, (Basically) “yea, whose going to stop me??? You and Who’s Army”. Still they did fail to move the Navajo; the land was to rough to get all of the people (mainly men) and Oklahoma is just to close to the Navajo territory. Though the people in the region did at least prevent the Navajo from eliminating the Hopi, even if they did lost the majority of their land.
12:12 My car broke down 10 miles of Las Vegas NM; they had to get a part from Santa Fe so I spent the night at the Super 8. Also the town was the filming location of the original "Red Dawn"
Two of my favorite subjects; cartography and meteorology! In the early 90's, I had huge map indicating all the known fault zones of southern California. Ironically (a few months later), we would have that big quake in Northridge. Just discovered this series and channel today. New subcriber from southern California.
These are so interesting. Especially the tree cover. I’ve lived in bucks county my entire life (just north of Philly) and couldn’t imagine living someone with little to no trees. Thanks!
12:18 There is a Hollywood, Alabama that is older than the one in California. It and other Hollywood cities were able to prevent Hollywood, California from trademarking the name and forcing the other same-named cities to pay it royalties.
@@WilliamWonka, The Original name of the Hollywood development was “HollywoodLand” as can be seen on some of the older pictures of the Sign when they were first trying to develop the area. They lost the ‘Land’ part as the sign deteriorated; when it was restored they dropped off the ‘land’ as people had drop using the full development name. They never had a proper claim to the name even from the beginning!
There is actually no municipality of Hollywood CA unless they've incorporated since I've lived there. It was just a neighborhood in LA, like Venice , for example. West Hollywood is an incorporated city, though.
First time seeing your content as it randomly appeared on my recommended list. Extremely interesting and your explanations were spot-on. Great job and I wish you continued success in your channel.
Yes you have fewer hours of daylight during the winter months, but you have more hours of daylight during the summer months. In the end it all evens out to an average of 12 hours of sunlight per day. Everywhere. In the whole world. Cloud cover and angle of incidence are the deciding factors, not latitude. I have to laugh at quizzes that ask "How many time zones are there?" They are looking for "24" as the correct answer. You have shown there are at least 25. I suspect there are well over 30 world wide. Canada wins again with the large lakes. Besides the Great Lakes, Great Bear, Winnipeg, Reindeer, Great Slave and Athabasca are all in Canada. Keep these coming. I love these types of maps too.
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co - correct, cloud cover produces the number of sunlight hours by reducing the number of daylight hours. So your inequality could be rewritten as daylight hours >= sunlight hours The equality there can only happen with zero cloud cover. And I should add that things like volcanic ash and smoke and wildfire ash and smoke also should be lumped into what I termed cloud cover.
@@KB-ke3fi Ya and we (Canada) would only charge the same price per gallon as gas in sept 2022 ! OR we could Bottle the water and sell it like perrier water all over the world.
As a young kid, I loved topographic maps. I would look/study them for hours and I got to the point I could look at an area on a topo and see it in 3D in my head. This really helped me in my military career. Ahead of time, I could see an area and know very well what geography we had to traverse. At 65, I still look at a map and everything gets recorded in my...🤯 and hardly ever get lost. Accept at night. My kryptonite, darkness.
Hey Kyle, I was waiting for the day I would see American Beauty show up as the featured album in the back. I own a first pressing in mint, absolute 10/10. Love to see it dude, keep up the good work!
@@Compucles The "Golden Horseshoe" (Toronto to Niagara Falls) has about a quarter of the total national population on its own, so I think the line would have to be moved up a bit to get Montreal and Ottawa.
50% of Canadians live north of that line. You’d need _some_ populous centres in that region to equal the 50% south of the line. I’d say the map’s fidelity is good.
