The McMap, A Picture Worth a Thousand Calories

Published October 14, 2009 @ 06:00AM PT

Behold, a map of the distance to the nearest McDonald's all across this great country of ours, created by Stephen Von Worley at Weather Sealed.

Wow, I know there's a McDonald's on virtually every corner, but it takes the stunning visual to bring home that we really are awash in a tidal wave of cheap hamburgers.

This might as well be an illustration of our obesity epidemic or the greenhouse gases burped forth by our meat-manic, transport-crazy food chain (though come to think of it, that would light up the West much more; you might just envision a solid-orange United States).

In other McDonald's news, according to the UK's Telegraph, they're putting one in the shopping area below the Louvre, to the horror of all French people and art lovers everywhere. To celebrate its 30th anniversary in France, McDonald's is opening its 1,142nd French restaurant in the underground Carrousel du Louvre, mere footsteps from the arts of the ages.

It is all summed up by this photo of a McDonald's in Sarawak, Malaysia:

$Malaysia McDonald\'s$

The phone number is 1300-13-1300. I knew it! McDonald's is just our bad luck.

Photos courtesy of Stephen Von Worley and tsechuen on flickr.

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I wonder what it would look like if you added Burger King?

Posted by Oceania OZ on 10/14/2009 @ 06:16AM PT
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eeew yuk and all the KFCs ... great visual!

Posted by Jennifer Perugini on 10/14/2009 @ 11:06AM PT
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I never eat fast food. Well, ok, maybe once a YEAR.... and that's the truth as God as my witness! I am not fat, not overweight at all. I am at the perfect weight. (according to my doctor) I eat to live, never live to eat. I try to eat whole food over processed. Also, I try to eat as little meat as possible. Honestly, chewing and swallowing a dead animal grosses me out.

Posted by Graham Smith on 10/14/2009 @ 02:49PM PT
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Now add in all the other TGIF, Applebee's, Dairy Queen, Burger King, Sonic, Jack in the box, Hardee's Carl's junior, Olive Graden, and the list goes on. That would be orange in most places and glowing fire orange in others.

Posted by Michael Rapp on 10/16/2009 @ 08:47AM PT
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Who volunteers to take on that project? I would love to see it! Maybe I should ask Stephen Von Worley.

Posted by Katherine Gustafson on 10/16/2009 @ 10:46AM PT
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I feel like we wouldn't even have to do research, you'd just take a map of the US and cover it with orange in MS Paint.

Posted by Manny Garcia on 11/05/2009 @ 10:57PM PT
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