Altered Maps XVIII: Continuing Curious Cartography

[Samson]

 

[danjuno]

I wouldn't be a CivFanatic if I didn't keep this thread going!

Relative change in national identity in Northern Ireland between 2011 and 2021 censuses, per Wikipedia.

 

[Birdjaguar]

What is the big white spot?

 

[Samson]

What is the big white spot?

Lough Neagh, a lake.

 

[really]

It's the hole that was left after Fionn Mac Cumhaill scooped up some land and threw it at some rival in Scotland. He missed and where it landed in the Irish Sea became the Isle of Man.

 

[Arakhor]

Knowing some traditional Irish folktales, that's probably the actual explanation! They're actually not that far apart in size - Lough Neagh appears to be about two-thirds the size of the Isle of Man.

 

[really]

Brilliant Maps - Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time

Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time

brilliantmaps.com

This time of the year the sun sets in Eastern Brazil before it sets in Ireland, Scotland or Norway.

 

[Samson]

To really appreciate this you need to see the videos, but we cannot link them here. If you head over to https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5552/ you can see it animated, and it looks quite cool.

Simulation of atmospheric aerosols in our intricate Earth system.

Sea salt (cyan), dust (magenta), black carbon (orange/red), and sulfates (green)

 

[Birdjaguar]

Awesome link!

 

[banzay13]

Wonder, then whole Africa became Red

 

[Samson]

It turns out that a map of Africa with east at the top looks like a dragon’s head in profile

 

[Thorgalaeg]

Very very detailed comprehensive map of Spanish exploration of North America.

 

[Samson]

Is there on the planet someone who does not call him Mickey Mouse? Well, it does. In many cases, languages choose to adopt the name Mickey phonetically: Miki. Much better! Some even dare to do it with his surname “Maus”. However, in German, it is not, it the translation of mouse. So it does Czech Myšák, Hungarian Egér, Finnish Hiiri, or Turkish Fare among others.

 

[really]

In Spectre James Bond introduces himself as Topolino when infiltrating a bad guy convention in Italy.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1946866007370244202

 

[tjs282]

Adidas is a religion now?

In the name of the Sneaker, the T-shirt, and the Holy Shorts?

 

[danjuno]

Estonia is majority Shinto? Are there a disproportionate amount of weebs over there?

I could tell it was AI slop before I saw the name of the OOP.

 

[Samson]

 

[Birdjaguar]

inaturalist is an interesting group and their results demonstrate that.

Solutions

help.inaturalist.org

 

[Samson]