1) The map of distribution of McDonald's across the world
a) This is a map from the magazine BM (Business Management), showing which countries in the world has or has not a McDonald's in that nation. The link is http://www.bme.eu.com/news/mcdonalds-across-the-world/
b) The map shows that McDonald's has their stores all over the world except Africa, Greenland and some other little areas in different places. It shows that fast food is taking over the world. It also shows some fun facts under the world map. It tells us where the most expensive burger is and also which is the nation that has the largest number of outlets of McDonald's, and of course that would be USA.
c) I found it interesting because it shows us a lot of amazing data. I am very shocked that there are some places that don't have McDonald's in their countries since I thought McDonald's has been globalized and everyone would know about McDonald's. I am glad to know that we don't have the most expensive McDonald's here in the United States.
2)The Global Internet Map 2011
a) The link of this map is http://www.telegeography.com/telecom-maps/global-internet-map/
This map is from a telecommunications market research and consulting firm that called TeleGeography. They did researches and drew this map showing the global internet use.
b) It is a map showing the key Internet connections that link the countries from the data of Global Internet Geography. This map shows us how Internet Network connect us to the globe nowadays. There are many different information provided under the global map which I found really useful.
c) It is a nice and interesting map because it provides a lot of different information. And I can tell how connected we are by the Internet while we are from all different parts of the world and physically apart. It is just amazing!
This is a regional close up from the company. 3) The Map showing showing greenhouse gas emissions from most of the biggest's world economies.
a)It is a map showing greenhouse gas emissions from most of the biggest's world economies from the Center for Public Integrity. The website is http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/global_climate_change_lobby/map/
b) From the map, we can tell which are those countries that contribute the most for the overall greenhouse gas emissions, and it is obvious that China has recently surpassed USA to become the country that emits the largest amount of greenhouse gas.
c) I found it interesting because as a Geography major, I think it is very important for me to know more about the greenhouse gas emission and the countries so then we can do something about it and enforce the laws to protect the world.
