A comparative visualization of geocoded Wikipedia articles by language written in Processing.
Pick a language from each drop-down menu. Both languagues' geocoded wikipedia articles will be mapped and overlayed. Explore.
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Both are small countries, yet the Danish display more of a regional interest while the Durch have a global mindset.
Both made-up languages, Esperanto doesn't seem very interested in the U.S., but does cover Japan. Volakpük, however, does know the U.S. and has a curiosity for the Baltics and some place in south west Africa.
Japanese seems to be more interested in the mid-west of the U.S. And all of Italy, while Chinese has a more global outlook.
Catalan is spoken in Spain's Catalonia region, but somehow they are interested in a Brazilian region as well as a small spot in northeastern Africa.
Vietnamese is interested in the Philippines, Japan, India, but mostly Europe while Malay focuses on France.
List of Geocoded Wikipedia articles from October 2012.
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