There is a new map in town! Earlier this month during the 125th Anniversary Conference of the Geographical Association in Sheffield (UK) we relaunched the new Worldmapper.org online platform which has been several years in the making. It is not only a fully redesigned website, but also redefines what we want Worldmapper to become over a decade after it has first been released: An atlas for the 21st century that is mapping our place in the world using cartograms.
At the very heart of it Worldmapper is still a collection of world maps where countries are resized according to a broad range of global issues. But with the new website we will increasingly use more diverse cartogram techniques, such as gridded cartograms, as well as start including maps at different scales such as country-level mappings seen on this blog in many ways. Worldmapper will therefore be the most comprehensive repository for cartogram-style mappings that are unique visualisations showing the world as you’ve never seen it before. Check it out at: Worldmapper.org
To celebrate the occasion of the Geographical Association’s 125th Anniversary, we relaunched Worldmapper with a series of 125 new maps. Since then, the website has been growing constantly, and we keep adding new maps on a regular basis whenever we can. And we also have an open ear for your wishes and ideas!
Beyond the start page of the website, which showcases a selection of maps from our repository, the main place to go to discover our maps is the maps section which gives an overview of all material that can be further explored in the different new categories. We have also added a new Worldmapper blog (soon to be complemented by a newsletter) that in the long run will replace this website here with regular short cartogram features.
All of the content from the original Worldmapper website has been moved to a Worldmapper Archive where you now find all old material that has ever been produced in the project.
We will introduce the major cartographic and other changes in the Worldmapper blog in the near future. We have exciting collaborations and many new ideas planned. Meanwhile, here you can see the slides from the launch event in Sheffield earlier this month:

The new Worldmapper website has been realised by Tina Gotthardt and Benjamin Hennig. Please contact me if you have any questions or want to know more about Worldmapper.