While the polls are closed now, politicians are experiencing their personal highs and lows. But what about the population. What highs and lows are the people experiencing? Let’s now have a look at this as well. Here are an elevation map of Germany and a grid-based cartogram showing where and at which elevation most people are living at in Germany (click the image for a larger verson of the maps):

An improved and more detailed version of this map can be found here:
The Human Shape of Germany
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