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Maps can illuminate our world; they can enlighten us and make us see things differently; they can show how demographics, history, or countless other factors interact with human and physical geography. But, sometimes, maps can be utter disasters, either because they're wrong or simply very dumb. Here are a collection of maps so hilariously bad that you may never trust the form again. Tellingly, the bulk of the collection comes from cable TV news.
Super Bowl wins by Country - American greatness, in one map.
Whole Foods reshuffles Europe
Not since Napoleon have the borders of Europe been so dramatically redrawn. This map, which appeared in many Whole Foods locations for far longer than is understandable, has sunk the nations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands into the sea. It has also shifted Spain and Portugal into the middle of the Mediterranean, forming a land bridge between France and Algeria, destroying hundreds of miles of great beaches in the process.
Complete story at - http://www.vox.com/2015/2/18/8056325/bad-maps
But here's one they missed:
Ulan Bator is the capital of Mongolia, and what's labeled as Ulan Bator is actually Kiev. In addition, Slovyansk is in the general neighborhood of Kramatorsk. Probably not surprising the CNN has the greatest number of wrong maps.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)........... must be a future GOP candidate. Look out Lindsey Graham!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)LoL!
eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)?5
These aren't maps, but they're too good(?) to pass up ...