Interesting Maps

Professor Moriarty · 07-02-2021 04:26PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i assume the presence of a monarchy and/or the lack of a written constitution would be significant in ireland scoring higher than the UK?

Add in FPTP plus the House of Lords.

Purgative · 07-02-2021 04:41PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i assume the presence of a monarchy and/or the lack of a written constitution would be significant in ireland scoring higher than the UK?

Yeah I took it as PR over FPTP

07-02-2021 04:46PM

cnocbui wrote: »

They must have some pretty weird criteria to rate Swizerland as being less democratic than a host of others which I would rate as less democratic.

Their democracy is so stroong the 'people' even manged the almost impossible, these days, of giving the collective finger to political correctness and banned the building of minarets attached to mosques, much to the chagrin and collective embarrasment of their politicians.

Dunno why banning minarets is a sign of democracy

Purgative · 07-02-2021 04:53PM

bubblypop wrote: »

Dunno why banning minarets is a sign of democracy

Surely the more decisions that go against what the executive is trying to do, indicates an effective democracy. Like the Maastricht Treaty vote, and the opposite to what is happening in the UK - e.g. "Here's a deal, its great, you can't read and the Tory majority will carry it whatever".

magicbastarder · 07-02-2021 04:56PM

might be worth dropping the political discussion, this is probably not the right thread for it?

Necro · 07-02-2021 05:33PM

Mod:

Back on topic folks, let's keep this light hearted

mikhail · 08-02-2021 01:51AM

upupup wrote: »

...no mention of the native americans

I would guess their languages are most closely related to Sino-Tibetan languages, but I haven't ready anything about them.

IAMAMORON wrote: »

It is a hypothetical summary of language development transposed onto a tree.

Get over it.

I like it btw, but I would not be drawing any assumptions from it either.

Where is Mandarin and Cantonese? Are they on the same tree or what?

No, it's a eurocentric map: those trees refer only to the biggest language groups in Europe. There's nothing on Sino-Tibetan (~east Asia) or Bantu languages (~central Africa), which would be on the same scale as Proto-Indo-European.

mikhail · 08-02-2021 12:42PM

Here are a couple of maps of modern day language groups.

This one focusses primarily on Africa:

Inevitably, the reality is a bit messier than gets captured on any one map, but I find them interesting all the same. They're somehow a fossil record of ancient migration, trade and conquest. For example, Bantu is a language group deeply rooted in the rise and spread of a set of tool-making and agricultural practices in central Africa a few thousand years ago. It's basically sub-Saharan Africa's entry into the iron age.

Gregor Samsa · 08-02-2021 12:53PM

Map of the many languages of Dagestan, a republic in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia, only 59% the size of Ireland and with a population of only 3 million.

richardjjd · 09-02-2021 05:39PM

Reading 'The Atlas of Unusual Borders' by Zoran Nikolic at the moment. In a chapter on quadripoints, the following appears. Anyone know where the ten-point multipoint is in Ireland?

silliussoddius · 09-02-2021 05:43PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Map of the many languages of Dagestan, a republic in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia, only 59% the size of Ireland and with a population of only 3 million.

Mountainous regions tend to have a variety of languages. Papua New Guinea has almost one third of the world’s languages.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papuan_languages

Victor · 09-02-2021 06:10PM

richardjjd wrote: »

Reading 'The Atlas of Unusual Borders' by Zoran Nikolic at the moment. In a chapter on quadripoints, the following appears. Anyone know where the ten-point multipoint is in Ireland?

There is a pattern of groups of townlands all meeting together in the middle of bogs. Ironically, it is much less likely in lakes, which tend not to have more than three-four townlands meeting together.

Gregor Samsa · 09-02-2021 06:15PM

richardjjd wrote: »

Reading 'The Atlas of Unusual Borders' by Zoran Nikolic at the moment. In a chapter on quadripoints, the following appears. Anyone know where the ten-point multipoint is in Ireland?

"In Northern Ireland, ten townlands meet at the summit of Knocklayd (clearly shown by Ordnance Survey mapping at point 311518 436392). The townlands are, clockwise from north, Broom-More, Tavnaghboy, Kilrobert, Clare Mountain, Aghaleck, Corvally, Essan, Cleggan, Stroan, and Tullaghore."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadripoint#Multipoints_of_greater_numerical_complexity

Here's a map showing the borders of the 10 townlands converging at the summit.

Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4280513#map=14/55.1574/-6.2286&layers=H

If Tullaghore and Stroan weren't so greedy as to hog the whole western portion of the mountain, they would have got another 7 townlands in.

silverharp · 09-02-2021 06:37PM

https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/1359173564646227970

richardjjd · 09-02-2021 06:44PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

If Tullaghore and Stroan weren't so greedy as to hog the whole western portion of the mountain, they would have got another 7 townlands in.

Their behaviour is shocking.

Thanks for that @Gregor - interesting read.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-02-2021 12:33PM

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https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/GeositesChannelTunnel

Capt'n Midnight · 14-02-2021 12:34PM

Fig. 2. Position of explosions recorded in Beauforts Dyke.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-02-2021 12:59PM

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Is the red in north/south Dakota and mn native american reservations?
Yes. Also correlates with red spots in MT, AZ, and WY
Also corresponds with the primarily-Alaska Native villages in AK
Poor Blacks in the South, poor Whites in Appalachia, and poor Native Americans on reservations. This is a map of poverty.

cnocbui · 14-02-2021 03:25PM

silverharp wrote: »

https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/1359173564646227970

As senior marketing manager of a major condom manufacturer, looking for markets to expand into, I thank you.

retalivity · 14-02-2021 09:51PM

This is a map of poverty.

Also closely mirrors voter loyalty, with the people dying younger voting for the rich mans party against universal healthcare.
Go figure.

I see sheep · 17-02-2021 06:02PM

El Weirdo · 17-02-2021 06:05PM

I see sheep wrote: »

I've found an error!

Tell me how · 18-02-2021 01:18AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

I've found an error!

Are you sure? Looks ok to me.

18-02-2021 01:19AM

Tell me how wrote: »

Are you sure? Looks ok to me.

And me.

22 teams have won it, 22 teams are on the map.

Gregor Samsa · 18-02-2021 01:25AM

Tell me how wrote: »

Are you sure? Looks ok to me.

I know nothing about soccerball.

But there are errors in the map. Balearic Islands should be coloured light blue as part of Spain. Same with Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France).

josip · 18-02-2021 01:41AM

Some might also say that Wales should not be coloured the same as England or Scotland since they have a separate soccer federation.

Also, when Red Star won it, it was part of Jugoslavija, not just Serbia.
Ed. Of the starting 11 in the final in 1991, the players per country (of birth) breakdown was:

Montenegro 3
Serbia 3
Macedonia 2
Croatia 2
Romania 1

and one of the subs was from Bosnia.

Duckworth_Luas · 18-02-2021 01:50AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

I've found an error!

Not a soccer fan, but I believe the logo of the Romanian team is incorrect?

There was some type of split situation with Steau Bucharest, the army team, who won in late 80s.

That logo is for a new team, FCSB, while the original club that were Euro champs also still exist.

Tell me how · 18-02-2021 03:14AM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I know nothing about soccerball.

But there are errors in the map. Balearic Islands should be coloured light blue as part of Spain. Same with Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France).

I'm speaking purely from the football perspective. There's a lot wrong from a cartography angle.

fergiesfolly · 18-02-2021 07:37AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

I've found an error!

Marseilles European Cup was rescinded due to match fixing.

Suckler · 18-02-2021 08:09AM

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Marseilles European Cup was rescinded due to match fixing.

Was it not their league cup that was rescinded or both European & league win?

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