bickster Posted October 25, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2022 43 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Hungary really got shafted after WW1. Think I read somewhere it lost about 70% of its land mass, mostly to Romania. Should have renamed it Diet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted October 25, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3ppm39#xtor=CS8-1000-[Frontpage_Billboard]-[Sport_Billboard]-[Sport_Billboard]-[PS_BITESIZE~N~z3ppm39~A_TheMindBlowingMapQuiz] Quote We all know that the Earth is round, not flat. But our maps are flat. If you can remove all the peel from an orange in one go (an impressive task in itself), try to lay it out flat like a piece of paper. You’re likely to have problems as it just wants to bend. That’s the exact challenge facing map makers. How do you draw something like a sphere on a rectangle? Interesting BBC quiz that exposes some of the weird lies our maps tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 25, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3ppm39#xtor=CS8-1000-[Frontpage_Billboard]-[Sport_Billboard]-[Sport_Billboard]-[PS_BITESIZE~N~z3ppm39~A_TheMindBlowingMapQuiz] Interesting BBC quiz that exposes some of the weird lies our maps tell. It’s annoyed me already before I even click the link. Of course maps are f***ing flat otherwise it would be a bloody globe or something and describing the Earth as round is slightly irksome too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted October 25, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, bickster said: It’s annoyed me already before I even click the link. Of course maps are f***ing flat otherwise it would be a bloody globe or something and describing the Earth as round is slightly irksome too And that's it's point, it's a thing that shows why we should be annoyed that people don't understand that maps are flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 26, 2022 20 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3ppm39#xtor=CS8-1000-[Frontpage_Billboard]-[Sport_Billboard]-[Sport_Billboard]-[PS_BITESIZE~N~z3ppm39~A_TheMindBlowingMapQuiz] Interesting BBC quiz that exposes some of the weird lies our maps tell. Stupid quiz. Didn't want to do well in it anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, BOF said: Stupid quiz. Didn't want to do well in it anyway. I particularly liked the New York to Tokyo question about the last state you fly over, that neglects to mention by the shortest route. You can go any sodding way you want to as long as you have the fuel to do it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 26, 2022 Just now, bickster said: I particularly liked the New York to Tokyo question about the last state you fly over, that neglects to mention by the shortest route. You can go any sodding way you want to as long as you have the fuel to do it That's one of the few I got right ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 26, 2022 Just now, BOF said: That's one of the few I got right ! Yeah but the How much bigger questions were especially stupid. is it tons bigger, f***tons bigger or megaf***tons bigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted October 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2022 21 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: And that's it's point, it's a thing that shows why we should be annoyed that people don't understand that maps are flat. Appropriately this is referred to as 'projection'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted October 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2022 7 hours ago, bickster said: I particularly liked the New York to Tokyo question about the last state you fly over, that neglects to mention by the shortest route. You can go any sodding way you want to as long as you have the fuel to do it They assume we're not filthy rich like you and have to fly commercial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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