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February 10, 2022Weirdo

It used to be a job to drive around the country, constantly, driving and measuring every road, grade, elevation, and distance, in order to keep road maps updating accurately every two weeks. “Road scouts” would drive enough miles in a year to make multiple trips to the moon.

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There is a fictional island…

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020Weirdo

There is a fictional island in the South Atlantic, off the west coast of Africa called ‘Null Island’. Although it doesn’t exist in reality, it serves as an error trap for map systems. Map enthusiasts have given the island its own history, geography and even flag.

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In 2010 a man was rescued while attempting…

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020Weirdo

In 2010 a man was rescued while attempting to sail around the United Kingdom. Using only a road map for navigation the ‘sailor’ had been keeping the coast to his right and in error ended up sailing in circles around the Isle of Sheppey until he ran out fuel.

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US: Most common language spoken at home rather than English or Spanish

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020Weirdo

“This map shows the most commonly spoken language in every US state, excluding English and Spanish”, by Andy Kiersz and Ivan De Luce, Business Insider (1/18/20)

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In 1968 a Syrian Air Force…

August 24, 2018Weirdo

In 1968 a Syrian Air Force MiG accidentally landed in Israel. The pilot had been navigating with a map published in the 1940s.

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The soviet military mapped the entire world with an extreme…

May 17, 2016Weirdo

The soviet military mapped the entire world with an extreme accuracy. They created more than 1 million maps and some are still used today. It remains one of the most ambitious cartography project till today.

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There is a website that allows you to ch …

August 17, 2013August 17, 2013Jane

There is a website that allows you to choose any location in the world and then shows you how much damage would be caused if a nuclear bomb were dropped on that location.

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A man, named Jerry Gretzinger, has been …

August 11, 2013August 11, 2013Weirdo

A man, named Jerry Gretzinger, has been drawing a map of an imaginary world for over 50 years. He draws from a deck of cards each morning to decide the fate of his hand-drawn world, which is over 2000 square feet in size.

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During the Cold War maps distributed in …

March 2, 2012Weirdo

During the Cold War maps distributed in the US utilized distorted map projections to make the USSR and Vietnam seem larger, closer and more “menacing.”

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