The classroom, typically a local education centre, is equipped with a television, a DVD player, a set of television lessons, a political and physical map of Uruguay, a planisphere, primers and complementary teaching material provided by MIDES or through private donations.

UNESCO: Country Profile: Uruguay

As global warming starts to redraw the physical map, so our experiences of it are irreversibly altered.

CNN: Climate change: Time is running out

And what nation is at the center, both in physical and geopolitical terms, of that map?

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Domestic political considerations Threaten Serious Harm For U.S.

In each of the examples above, we witness the compelling effect of data transformed from an abstract state to a physical representation on a map, instantly bringing it to life.

FORBES: Why Animated Data Maps Work So Well

As our map shows, the Israelis have been steadily tightening a physical link between the oldest downtown part of Hebron, where the holiest places are situated, with the modern settlement of Kiryat Arba.

ECONOMIST: What would happen to Hebron under a two-state solution?