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Author Topic: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING  (Read 9420 times)

MonkeyHead

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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2013, 03:48:55 am »

I really didnt mean for this to be offensive... but it kind of happened anyway.

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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2013, 04:28:28 am »

Mugabe lives in Zimbabwe, not Angola.

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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2013, 08:03:25 am »

Disclaimer: I haven't looked at an atlas in a number of years, dropped geography ASAP, and refused to check a country list. Stereotyping of countries is merely poor humour rather than insults.
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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2013, 08:43:28 am »

I shall start a petition to rename my country beerland. It's just that good.
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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2013, 09:03:10 am »

So there's been an image of a map of the US with states labelled by an Australian with very limited geographical knowledge doing the rounds on the 'Net recently...
I'd like to see that. Do you have a link or something?

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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2013, 11:11:16 am »

I just tried to name all the counties of England. I can safely say I understand the layout of the USA, Australia and Canada better than I do England.

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I had no idea what I was doing. 98% was guesswork.

Now let's see the English people here give this a go:


See how far you get. I have no idea what I'm doing with my own country's lieutenancies/traditional counties, I could identify modern regional authorities but I'd be hard pressed with medieval stuff like that. For bonus points try to guess where I'd be on that map.

Here's the map of England by the way if you're interested.
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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2013, 11:59:35 am »

There would be little point me having a go at that. I would get the Welsh ones for obvious reasons, but would only put offensive things on the rest of the UK, based on my attempt at Africa earlier.

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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2013, 12:00:54 pm »

You should give it a go anyway MonkeyHead. It's actually quite fun.
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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2013, 12:01:17 pm »

PTW
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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2013, 12:26:05 pm »

Well, I started fairly sensibly with Glasgow and Endinburgh, then got bored and started being silly again.

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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #25 on: November 03, 2013, 12:33:56 pm »

Would the "very good whisky" you allude to with respect to Orkney be "Highland Park" per chance? Your map is very accurate. There really is nothing in Caithness.
« Last Edit: November 03, 2013, 12:39:32 pm by Owlbread »
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« Reply #26 on: November 03, 2013, 12:39:07 pm »

One amongst many. I do love Island whiskies much more than Highland or Speysides.

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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #27 on: November 03, 2013, 12:42:24 pm »

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« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2013, 12:44:05 pm »

One amongst many. I do love Island whiskies much more than Highland or Speysides.

I am the same. They are simply the best.
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Re: Labelling Unfamiliar Maps: THE CARTOGRAPHENING
« Reply #29 on: November 03, 2013, 01:00:43 pm »

Wait, I had a brainfart there. Why did I label Corsica as Sicily?
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