Guess the map 11: New map at least once per year

[Lohrenswald]

close enough

anyway one thing for example is China doesn't have national elections, which would be why it's gray (while for example north korea isn't)

 

[Arakhor]

Ireland appears to be unique in being green and whilst the North Sea monarchies are blue (except the UK), so is a lot of South America. The UK now has fixed-term five-year governments, unlike the US, so I don't know why they're both red.

 

[Hrothbern]

Type of grain (bread etc)?

no

Got the idea from Central and South America. It is all blue as Spain/Portugal excepting Bolivia, Mexico Cuba and Venezuela.

Dont know how to carry on from there, though.

you get your clue

it's about elections, right

like for how long a term the head of state is elected or something

has to do with elections !
but not the head of state

close enough

anyway one thing for example is China doesn't have national elections, which would be why it's gray (while for example north korea isn't)

good catch

Ireland appears to be unique in being green and whilst the North Sea monarchies are blue (except the UK), so is a lot of South America. The UK now has fixed-term five-year governments, unlike the US, so I don't know why they're both red.

those three countries, Ireland, UK, US, tell a lot

 

[Arakhor]

Is it do with voting systems, FPTP, STV etc.?

 

[Hrothbern]

Is it do with voting systems, FPTP, STV etc.?

yes !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system

Shall we relieve you of the burden to think a new one out ?

And if yes... is there anybody wanting to take the floor ?
I have another one ready

 

[Arakhor]

Well, give it a little to see if someone has one, but otherwise, you might as well.

 

[metatron]

Djermany and New Zealand.

And if yes... is there anybody wanting to take the floor ?
I have another one ready

Zere was an implied ashurance zere be a new map.

Can ve have zis map?

 

[Hrothbern]

Zere was an implied ashurance zere be a new map.

Can ve have zis map?

Here that map
I see now it is only Europe, but considering it is about the 15th century... I hope acceptable .

What important development, spreading over Europe, do we see here ?


Black dots that development started in the period 1450-1459, blue dots 1460-1469, violet dots 1470-1479, red dots 1480-1489, orange dots 1490-1499.
The bigger the dot, the further the development had progressed over those 50 years in 1500.

 

[Peuri]

Something to do with the printing press? Volume of books printed or the number of presses?

 

[Hrothbern]

Something to do with the printing press? Volume of books printed to number of presses?

Bulls eye
One of the biggest inventions of all time.
It is the number of incunable editions of books.

An incunable, or sometimes incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively), is a book, pamphlet, or broadside printed in Europe before the year 1501. Incunabula are not manuscripts, documents written by hand. As of 2014, there are about 30,000 distinct known incunable editions extant, but the probable number of surviving copies in Germany alone is estimated at around 125,000.[1][2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunable

I guess the only measurable indicator after 500 years of the spreading of the printing press.

I liked that map, the cities mentioned. A map before for example Madrid became important because of Charles V, before Munich became important, etc, etc.
More the snap shot map of 1500 with the centres of knowledge with universities, scholars, culture.

 

[cardgame]

My unspoken guesses have actually been correct for the past two maps, huzzah!

 

[metatron]

Here that map
I see now it is only Europe, but considering it is about the 15th century... I hope acceptable .

What important development, spreading over Europe, do we see here ?


Black dots that development started in the period 1450-1459, blue dots 1460-1469, violet dots 1470-1479, red dots 1480-1489, orange dots 1490-1499.
The bigger the dot, the further the development had progressed over those 50 years in 1500.

Erm... my point in the conversation about the last map was that it was easy.
Arguably too easy.

You know:
"Djermany and New Zealand."

And now you do this.
Like...
"Mainz. Really? Mainz."

My unspoken guesses have actually been correct for the past two maps, huzzah!

Impressive.

 

[cardgame]

Given how wrong I am every other time I speak up...

@Peuri I don't suppose you have a map to share?

 

[Kyriakos]

Ok, new map...

 

[The_J]

Is this military related?

 

[Kyriakos]

Is this military related?

It is related, though it isn't about something only (or primarily) used in military

 

[Hrothbern]

Some of the dots are in areas with relatively lots of chemical industry like Shandong, Brazil, Finland, Greece and all developed countries have some ofc. Shandong extremely big dot on the map.
Russia a IDK:in one of two areas it is Vanadium, Tungsten sources but also phosphates (chem ind for fertilisers) all USSR period. Area St Petersburg must be plants and I guess more recent.

=> it could be related to above, but apparently also needed for military (=> no fertiliser)

Is it chemical industry related ?

 

[The_J]

Something related to cars or transportation then?

 

[Kyriakos]

Some of the dots are in areas with relatively lots of chemical industry like Shandong, Brazil, Finland, Greece and all developed countries have some ofc. Shandong extremely big dot on the map.
Russia a IDK:in one of two areas it is Vanadium, Tungsten sources but also phosphates (chem ind for fertilisers) all USSR period. Area St Petersburg must be plants and I guess more recent.

=> it could be related to above, but apparently also needed for military (=> no fertiliser)

Is it chemical industry related ?

Entirely correct, good work

Yes, it is tonnes (relative to the green dot) of sulphuric acid produced.

 

[Hrothbern]

Entirely correct, good work

Yes, it is tonnes (relative to the green dot) of sulphuric acid produced.

For the non-chemists: that sulphuric acid, usable for many processes, fits well to phosphate rock.
You use sulphuric acid to make fertilisers out of phosphate rock (with gypsum as side product).

(would be nice if you could do the same with phosphate rock and carbonic acid: to trap CO2 into lime and produce fertiliser. But AFAIK, with my rusty chemistry knowledge by now, you can't do that... @Bootstoots ?)