Altered Maps XVI: Gerardus Mercator Must Die

[really]

Exaggerated relief map of Ireland.
I live on a flat bit in the west.

 

[Kyriakos]

Exaggerated relief map of Ireland.
I live on a flat bit in the west.

Hm, I didn't know that Ireland was so flat...

Compare with Greece, which is basically a mountain-range:

 

[really]

Our mountains are ancient and well worn down by glaciers and weather.
Greece is in an active earthquake zone so yours are probably still forming?
The brown bits in the middle are bogs.

 

[Arakhor]

Exaggerated relief map of Ireland.

What do you mean, "Brexit's been cancelled?"

It's interesting just how flat a lot of Ireland is.

 

[Kyriakos]

 

[AdamCrock]

Ahhhh - So there's Poland !! London have been overrun - tha "PLAN" is going well

 

[Arakhor]

San Francisco? Huh?

 

[bernie14]

So, do all New Zealanders come from Wales?

 

[Kyriakos]

San Francisco? Huh?

The brutalist version.

 

[tjs282]

San Francisco? Huh?

I'm guessing the mapmakers are saying "Brighton = UK-equivalent of SF"

The brutalist version.

Brutalist, yes.

The photo, however, is of Ocean Village in Southampton, which is due north of the Isle of Wight (='Second Homes', Part II), and about 50 km west of Brighton.

https://www.google.de/maps/@50.894822,-1.389013,195a,35y,278.43h,52.98t/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[brennan]

San Francisco? Huh?

Brighton.

 

[Kyriakos]

Brighton.

That water looks a bit strange, imo. Way too green instead of blue

 

[tjs282]

That water looks a bit strange, imo. Way too green instead of blue

Well, it is the (northeast end of the) English Channel, which is not well-known for its... erm... clarity. Probably best not to speculate too deeply as to why...

Mind, you, all the colours in that photo look a little over-saturated to me.

 

[Kyriakos]

Well, it is the (northeast end of the) English Channel, which is not well-known for its... erm... clarity. Probably best not to speculate too deeply as to why...

Mind, you, all the colours in that photo look a little over-saturated to me.

Yes, and the green (heavily polluted) water looks far worse in the Southampton pic!

 

[AdamCrock]

That water looks a bit strange, imo. Way too green instead of blue

It's probably due to all the radioactivity It is pleasently warm though !

Well, it is the (northeast end of the) English Channel, which is not well-known for its... erm... clarity. Probably best not to speculate too deeply as to why...

Now I know where Terry Pratchett got his inspiration to describe the Ankh-Morporkian water .

 

[AdamCrock]

Well greener water does not necessarily means high levels of pollution You can see that in the gulf of Alaska "Where two oceans meet" (it is actually not where they meet ). Greener water is sometimes due to varied density, salinity and sediments from rivers

 

[Arakhor]

Huh. I didn't realise Brighton was there.

 

[W|M]

 

[Birdjaguar]

the changing course of the Mississippi River over three millennia

Do you know where that image comes from?

 

[Takhisis]

So, do all New Zealanders come from Wales?

No. But they are friends. Very good friends, in fact.

Edit: I'll start a new thread tomorrow.