Can you identify what these world maps represent?

[Marla_Singer]

Woohooo!!! Do I get a prize?

I'm not revealing my secret either

Please don't tell me you've checked my ftp...

 

[Marla_Singer]

So here are the two maps which have yet to be discovered:

Steph's Map 2:

And guessing the remaining administrative cities in the world from Map Gamma:

Frankly on this one, there's at least one other city which is very easy to discover.

 

[Mise]

One of them's gotta be Paris...

EDIT: Is it G ?

 

[warpus]

M is Karachi? Nothing else seems to fit..

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Yeah, I was thinking that one of them had to be Paris, but couldn't figure out which one.

 

[Mise]

Well the problem is that some of them are of entire metropolitan areas (e.g. Greater London), whereas others are just purely of the "city" itself, excluding the suburbs/urban sprawl (e.g. Paris).

 

[Marla_Singer]

One of them's gotta be Paris...

EDIT: Is it G ?

Yes. That's it!

Well the problem is that some of them are of entire metropolitan areas (e.g. Greater London), whereas others are just purely of the "city" itself, excluding the suburbs/urban sprawl (e.g. Paris).

Legally speaking, the Greater London Authority is recognized has having municipal powers with a single mayor: Ken Livingstone.

On the other side, there's no such a thing in Paris. All Paris "suburbs" (which are often extremely densely built-up) have a total independence. It exists no common municipal governance at a higher level. It's a bit as if NYC was still only Manhattan, or if London was only Westminster and the City.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Map updated:

- Eran of Arcadia: 12 guesses.
- Warpus: 3 guesses.
- Mise: 1 guess.

 

[warpus]

I can't get M.. there are like 4 cities with a population like that and none of them look like that.

 

[Marla_Singer]

I can't get M.. there are like 4 cities with a population like that and none of them look like that.

M isn't a city "proper" in the sense that it has about the same status as the Greater London for the city of London, or even more precisely Brussels for the Brussels Capital region.

It's official name is: "Metro ******". The stars replacing the name of the city. Furthermore, my last hint would be that it's located in Asia.

 

[Steph]

I would be very surprised if someone find my second map.

It's a kind of joke or trap in fact... However, it does represent something real, it's not just a random map to make you sweat!

 

[Mise]

Manila ?

 

[warpus]

Metro Manila sounds right, then.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Yep Manila is right. Congratulations Mise!

Anyway, here's the map with all cities being revealed.

 

[warpus]

This was fun.

I demand more

 

[Mise]

Aww I would have liked some clues to guess the remaining cities

And this really was fun!

I really wanna know what Steph's is though... Clues plx!

 

[Marla_Singer]

Steph, frankly for your map, you should give a stronger hint:

Why so many French speaking in Africa, but no Canada? Why so many blue dots in France, and one lost in some random place in China?

This is not about friends? Is it about your customers? Please help us!

 

[Mise]

The thing that gets me is the blue dot in Yugoslavia/Greece, cos it's not in a Red or Orange country.

Also, the fact that the only countries outlined are those coloured in. I don't think Steph would have bothered erasing the outlines, and certainly wouldn't have bothered drawing them in himself. So the map must have been made by someone else, i.e. it's probably not Steph-related.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Aww I would have liked some clues to guess the remaining cities

And this really was fun!

Really? Sorry then.

I thought you all started getting bored about this... that's why I ended the game. Well sorry then. I have another one for later... but firstly we need to unveil the mystery about Steph's map.

 

[Phlegmak]

Steph's map is easy! It's the locations he's either been to, or it's the locations his company does business. He's posted that map in the past. The blue dots either represent offices for his company, or the airline companies that have bought his company's software.