What type of map is this?

[John222]

Could someone tell me what type of map this is (cartogram, choropleth, flow-line, dot density etc etc) and does it portray qualitative or quantitative data (or both)? I know it's qualitative and quantitavie because it uses numbers/ranks and color but I don't know the type of map it is.

http://fanpageflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Global-Facebook-Statistics.jpg

[spunkrag]

And after we get this question answered I need some help on my quarterly taxes.

[mandarin.orange]

If you need to know its projection, here is a resource.

(Also, it's definitely not choropleth, BTW.)

[dragontoes]

A bad one? One not made by a cartographer? I would actually consider this an infographic overlaid on a map given the administrative inconsistencies of where the place-markers are dropped.  Don't even get me started on mercator.