Comments on: Walled World

By: M

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:31:17 +0000

It is somewhat true. The so-called ’48 countries’ (is 48 the right number? it’s definitely EEA + US + Canada + Australia + NZ + Japan + Sth K + Sing) can travel relatively fluidly across borders. As someone with a third-world passport who has widely travelled and lived in ‘the 48′ for the past 11 years, the visa application queue is infuriating if not expensive. (There is more in my bank account than in most people’s, and yet I still have to wait for 3 weeks to get a three-month visa… as opposed to those supposedly richer nationals who could fleece welfare systems and only have €100 in pocket to finance the trip.)

But yes, visualisation well done!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:05:40 +0000

I believe you misspelled “Northern” above Australia.

By: christmas presents

christmas presents — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:21:52 +0000

Thanks for the very nice post. I think the collective data on whose this chart has been built are bit old. After all nice information .

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:11:29 +0000

Very good image, and very bad at the same time.Keep on the info-graphic-blogging! Often provides more food-for-thought than many words.Does this imply that we should be against secure borders?

By: Val

Val — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:13:46 +0000

this map forgets about the French DOM-TOM areas in Caribbean sea (Martinique/Guadeloupe) the Dutch Curacao, French Guiana (bordering Brazil and Suriname), Comoros and Reunion in East Africa, just as examples…

By: Samuel

Samuel — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:27:15 +0000

Well, Schengen border does exist, but I don’t think it can be compared to The Fence or Gaza Border. It is a heavily protected border, bordering the EU (except the British Isles) and some other countries. Its protection comes from the fact that, when somebody enters a Schengen-area country, he or she may freely go through any other one without futher controls. Thus, is a person is granted with permissions to enter a country, they automatically apply to the rest of Schengen-area. But this is far from being a Wall, even in a metaphorical sense.

By: Ncpn

Ncpn — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:21:53 +0000

“You forgot Poland” ;)

By: ksn

ksn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:44:41 +0000

this is what we call misinformation :D

By: Kaspar K.

Kaspar K. — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:02:50 +0000

The map is quite inaccurate. Poland, Switzerland and the Baltic States, for example, have all been Schengen countries for years.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:04:35 +0000

This map must be using very old data. China is one of the worlds biggest economys. Are you sure on the data used??