Talk:2999: Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia - Revision history

42.book.addict at 15:43, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:43:34Z

209.178.201.80: /* A map based on the BMP */

2026-03-08T23:30:05Z

‎A map based on the BMP

209.178.201.80: /* New Zealand/Hawaii */

2026-03-08T23:28:57Z

‎New Zealand/Hawaii

82.132.186.33: Tidying up. (Not entirely sure I get the point of linking this map to that reddir, though... Could have used more than those three words.)

2026-03-07T17:10:40Z

Tidying up. (Not entirely sure I get the point of linking this map to that reddir, though... Could have used more than those three words.)

50.39.231.15 at 09:08, 7 March 2026

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81.179.195.93 at 00:33, 4 October 2025

2025-10-04T00:33:15Z

172.223.58.201 at 23:13, 3 October 2025

2025-10-03T23:13:38Z

172.70.85.71: /* New Zealand/Hawaii */

2025-03-23T19:49:34Z

‎New Zealand/Hawaii

NiceGuy1 at 05:28, 22 March 2025

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Aaron Liu: poster needed

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poster needed

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 hello[[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.64|172.68.54.64]] 19:49, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
 likes and I will make this a reality [[User:CalibansCreations|'''<span style="color:#ff0000;">Caliban</span>''']] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations|talk]]) 20:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
 Probably this is because I'm more familiar with the map of Australia than of the US, but Melbourne seems to have moved quite a bit to the east and is now presumably in Gippsland? Oddly that's the most jarring change for me... [[User:Zoid42|Zoid42]] ([[User talk:Zoid42|talk]]) 20:26, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
 : Yep. {{w|Melbourne Florida}}. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.47.10|172.70.47.10]] 21:56, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
-:: Yep. {{w|Melbourne Florida}}. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.47.10|172.70.47.10]] 21:56, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
+:: Yes, I guess that explains the location -- though I'd not heard of the Melbourne in Florida previously. The other jarring thing is (on the east coast at least) the climates don't match up. Florida is closer to Queensland in terms of climate (and maybe culturally), Tasmania is colder and I guess probably closer to the north-eastern US states. Plus I can't really see Adelaide as being that much like New Orleans... {{unsigned|Zoid42|21:58, 17 October 2024 (UTC)}}
 An eight-legged gator with fangs the size of your arm, six eyes, and the ability to spin webs is truly a horrifying thought. [[User:Psychoticpotato|P?sych??otic?pot??at???o ]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 21:07, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
 : At that point most of the NT would become to dangerous for people to live. [[User:SomeRandomNerd|SomeRandomNerd]] ([[User talk:SomeRandomNerd|talk]]) 23:21, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
 If find it weird how tasmania is florida, as while they are in the same place, they are the least alike 2 places you could think of. [[User:SomeRandomNerd|SomeRandomNerd]] ([[User talk:SomeRandomNerd|talk]]) 22:35, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
 : Agreed. If cartoons and television have taught me anything, one is home to a bunch of snarling, slobbering, ravenous beasts, moving across the landscape as whirlwinds of wanton destruction. And the other is Tasmania. [[Special:Contributions/172.64.238.130|172.64.238.130]] 04:59, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
 Part of the joke is that the contiguous 48 States plus DC have nearly the same area as Australia, though the US has a larger total area. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.109.166|141.101.109.166]] 01:00, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
 As an Australian citizen, this map hurts my soul. This is amazingly painful and I kinda love it. [[User:OmniDoom|OmniDoom]] ([[User talk:OmniDoom|talk]]) 01:36, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
 : I apparently now live in Adelaide/Louisiana (or New Orleans/South Australia). [[User:FourW|FourW]] ([[User talk:FourW|talk]]) 06:32, 17 October 2024 (UTC)FourW
 Environmentalists will be upset with Randal for finally finishing the {{w|Cross Florida Barge Canal}}.  And just in time for the centennial!--[[User:The Mess|The Mess]] ([[User talk:The Mess|talk]]) 07:33, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
 :I was wondering if it was a sidelong comment upon the effects of {{w|Hurricane Milton}}... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.188|172.70.160.188]]
-:: No, no, no. It's the Gap Chasm.[https://xanth.fandom.com/wiki/Gap_Chasm] {{unsigned ip|172.71.183.173|17:26, 17 October 2024}}
+:: No, no, no. It's the Gap Chasm.[https://xanth.fandom.com/wiki/Gap_Chasm] {{unsigned ip|172.71.183.173|17:26, 17 October 2024 (UTC)}}
-::: Rarely have I so desperately wanted to upvote a comment! {{unsigned ip|172.223.58.201|23:13, 3 October 2025}}
+::: Rarely have I so desperately wanted to upvote a comment! {{unsigned ip|172.223.58.201|23:13, 3 October 2025 (UTC)}}
 The distortion of Washington State, where I live, is painful, but funny. Can't wait for comic 3000! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.146.58|172.71.146.58]] 16:00, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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 Hmmm. Not convinced that the description's assertion that "Florida would be cold" if its weather were analogous to the south of Australia was written be someone who has been to Australia. Granted, the red centre will cook you alive, and the cold water comes out of the taps hot in NT...but still. SA is hardly "cold". [[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 22:32, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
-Someone has edited (changed from the original) the paragraph about Australia's north being closer to the equator than its south in a way which makes no sense. The climate of Australia is created by a number of factors, many of them which would still be true even if the land formations of the USA replaced the land formations which exist in reality in the USA. Anything closer to the equator is going to be hotter than those things closer to the antarctic. The ocean currents would also remain the same. It is true that the land formations of the USA do affect its climate and these would have some affect if those formations replaced Australia's but the path of the Sun over that part of the globe and the ocean currents would affect the climate in a way different from what is suggested by the edited content. --00:51, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[[Special:Contributions/172.70.254.172|172.70.254.172]]
+Someone has edited (changed from the original) the paragraph about Australia's north being closer to the equator than its south in a way which makes no sense. The climate of Australia is created by a number of factors, many of them which would still be true even if the land formations of the USA replaced the land formations which exist in reality in the USA. Anything closer to the equator is going to be hotter than those things closer to the antarctic. The ocean currents would also remain the same. It is true that the land formations of the USA do affect its climate and these would have some affect if those formations replaced Australia's but the path of the Sun over that part of the globe and the ocean currents would affect the climate in a way different from what is suggested by the edited content. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.254.172|172.70.254.172]] 00:51, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
 Anyone else see a *very* similar map on social media recently? I think it might've been one of those "bad maps" X accounts that posted one that's almost identical but with different labeling a couple days ago, clearly the inspiration for Randall. Probably worth mentioning that in the explanation somewhere. [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 22:03, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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 : Or, to put it another way, Perth is closer to the capital cities of Indonesia and Timor Leste than it is to its own national capital, and only barely closer to Brisbane, Queensland than it is to Singapore (whole different continent). [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] ([[User talk:Paddles|talk]]) 04:26, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
-As a Canberrian I am a little offeneded ACT didn't deserve it's own area on the map. It doesn't deserve a state, because it isn't one. We are important though! We have an airport! Oh and something something parliament. Urban ACT is weirdly small and I challenge anyone to live there and never cross into NSW by accident. Oh and no label for Tassie. {{unsigned ip|172.68.126.134|22:02, 19 October 2024}}
+As a Canberrian I am a little offeneded ACT didn't deserve it's own area on the map. It doesn't deserve a state, because it isn't one. We are important though! We have an airport! Oh and something something parliament. Urban ACT is weirdly small and I challenge anyone to live there and never cross into NSW by accident. Oh and no label for Tassie. {{unsigned ip|172.68.126.134|22:02, 19 October 2024 (UTC)}}
 :The same holds true for Maryland and Washington DC (Although DC's airports are in Virginia) [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 03:03, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
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 May I get this printed on a poster, pretty please? [[User:Aaron Liu|Aaron Liu]] ([[User talk:Aaron Liu|talk]]) 20:20, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
-==Request: Map Merge/Morph==
+;Request: Map Merge/Morph
 Could someone please post a simple map outline of the contiguous US and of Australia, and then try to merge / morph the two maps together? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.47.88|172.70.47.88]] 17:24, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
 :could you please elaborate on how you want to merge these two maps? [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:22, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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 ::: Are you saying there's some algorithm which would produce a somehow canonical merge? That seems unlikely to me. Perhaps you can point to examples of the technique you want? [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.63|172.71.142.63]] 15:01, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
-== New Zealand/Hawaii ==
+;New Zealand/Hawaii
 I feel like not including this one is a real missed opportunity in the alt text. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.107|172.69.134.107]] 16:27, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
 :Hawaii is four(ish) 'major' islands in a loose east-west group that have been part of the US since 1959 and has about 6.4k mi² of land area.
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 :...anyway, this could have been used to justify the currentness of it being the last (so far). But, yes, best just to avoid writing too much for the here'n'now, when you never really know how far in the future what you write will stick around. There's always some leeway for it, and unforeseen sudden changes at any time can make a lie of any originally true statement, but a good idea not to use built-in out-datedness. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.71|172.70.85.71]] 19:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
+;A map based on the BMP
 [https://www.reddit.com/r/mapporncirclejerk/comments/1rn5bb0/a_response_to_xkcd Check this out!] [[Special:Contributions/50.39.231.15|50.39.231.15]] 09:08, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
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 ** UT - Utah
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 Grande:
-** LA - Lousisiana
+** LA - Louisiana
 ** AR - Arkansas
 ** OK - Oklahoma

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	:...anyway, this could have been used to justify the currentness of it being the last (so far). But, yes, best just to avoid writing too much for the here'n'now, when you never really know how far in the future what you write will stick around. There's always some leeway for it, and unforeseen sudden changes at any time can make a lie of any originally true statement, but a good idea not to use built-in out-datedness. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.71\|172.70.85.71]] 19:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)		:...anyway, this could have been used to justify the currentness of it being the last (so far). But, yes, best just to avoid writing too much for the here'n'now, when you never really know how far in the future what you write will stick around. There's always some leeway for it, and unforeseen sudden changes at any time can make a lie of any originally true statement, but a good idea not to use built-in out-datedness. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.71\|172.70.85.71]] 19:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

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		+	==A map based on the BMP==
	[https://www.reddit.com/r/mapporncirclejerk/comments/1rn5bb0/a_response_to_xkcd Check this out!] [[Special:Contributions/50.39.231.15\|50.39.231.15]] 09:08, 7 March 2026 (UTC)		[https://www.reddit.com/r/mapporncirclejerk/comments/1rn5bb0/a_response_to_xkcd Check this out!] [[Special:Contributions/50.39.231.15\|50.39.231.15]] 09:08, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I like it!
		+
		+	And with this, I grant you the names of the US counties of the 6 states:
		+
		+	New Europe:
		+	** IN - Indiana
		+	** MI - Michigan
		+	** OH - Ohio
		+	** PA- Pennsylvania
		+	** NY - New York
		+	** VT - Vermont
		+	** NH - New Hampshire
		+	** ME - Maine
		+	** RI - Rhode Island
		+	** CT - Connecticut
		+	** NJ - New Jersey
		+	** DE - Delaware
		+	** VA - Virginia
		+	** NC - New Cumbria
		+	** TN - Tennessee
		+	** KY - Kentucky
		+	** WV - West Virginia
		+
		+	Cherokee:
		+	** MS - Madison
		+	** AL - Alabama
		+	** GA - Georgia
		+	** SC - Scranton
		+
		+	Florida:
		+	** WK - Wakulla
		+	** HD - Hernando
		+	** CL - Caracola
		+
		+	Grande:
		+	** LA - Lousisiana
		+	** AR - Arkansas
		+	** OK - Oklahoma
		+	** TX - Texas
		+
		+	Mississippi:
		+	** MO - Missouri
		+	** IL - Illinois
		+	** WI - Wisconsin
		+	** ES - Escanaba
		+	** MN - Minnesota
		+	** ND - North Dakota
		+	** SD - South Dakota
		+	** NE - Nebraska
		+	** KS - Kansas
		+
		+	Montana:
		+	** MT - Belmont
		+	** WY - Wyoming
		+	** CO - Colorado
		+	** NM - New Mexico
		+	** AZ - Arizona
		+	** CA - California
		+	** HI - Hawaii
		+	** AK - Alaska
		+	** WA - Washington
		+	** OR - Oregon
		+	** ID - Idaho
		+	** UT - Utah
		+
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		+	---- [[User:209.178.201.80\|209.178.201.80]] ([[User talk:209.178.201.80\|talk]]) 11:28, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

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	:...anyway, this could have been used to justify the currentness of it being the last (so far). But, yes, best just to avoid writing too much for the here'n'now, when you never really know how far in the future what you write will stick around. There's always some leeway for it, and unforeseen sudden changes at any time can make a lie of any originally true statement, but a good idea not to use built-in out-datedness. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.71\|172.70.85.71]] 19:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)		:...anyway, this could have been used to justify the currentness of it being the last (so far). But, yes, best just to avoid writing too much for the here'n'now, when you never really know how far in the future what you write will stick around. There's always some leeway for it, and unforeseen sudden changes at any time can make a lie of any originally true statement, but a good idea not to use built-in out-datedness. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.71\|172.70.85.71]] 19:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

−	[https://www.reddit.com/r/mapporncirclejerk/comments/1rn5bb0/a_response_to_xkcd Check this out!]	+	[https://www.reddit.com/r/mapporncirclejerk/comments/1rn5bb0/a_response_to_xkcd Check this out!] [[Special:Contributions/50.39.231.15\|50.39.231.15]] 09:08, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
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−	[[Special:Contributions/50.39.231.15\|50.39.231.15]] 09:08, 7 March 2026 (UTC)~~[[Special:Contributions/50.39.231.15\|50.39.231.15]] 9:08 3 March 2026~~

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 He forgot the Idaho  abbreviation. [[User:Danger Kitty|Danger Kitty]] ([[User talk:Danger Kitty|talk]])
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 :I had once suggested an <nowiki>{{asof|...}}</nowiki> template, that would present an auto-accurate "<current date>" according to a chosen template ("as of <year>", "as of "<month, year>", "as of <full date>", maybe as options), but also insert membership into a <nowiki>[[Category:Articles with As Of]]</nowiki> so that anyone who wants to can quickly dip into any relevent page and investigate the possible need to change it to "this was true up until <now known date>", or however.
 :...anyway, this could have been used to justify the currentness of it being the last (so far). But, yes, best just to avoid writing too much for the here'n'now, when you never really know how far in the future what you write will stick around. There's always some leeway for it, and unforeseen sudden changes at any time can make a lie of any originally true statement, but a good idea not to use built-in out-datedness. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.71|172.70.85.71]] 19:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

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	:: No, no, no. It's the Gap Chasm.[https://xanth.fandom.com/wiki/Gap_Chasm] {{unsigned ip\|172.71.183.173\|17:26, 17 October 2024}}		:: No, no, no. It's the Gap Chasm.[https://xanth.fandom.com/wiki/Gap_Chasm] {{unsigned ip\|172.71.183.173\|17:26, 17 October 2024}}
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		+	::: Rarely have I so desperately wanted to upvote a comment!

	The distortion of Washington State, where I live, is painful, but funny. Can't wait for comic 3000! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.146.58\|172.71.146.58]] 16:00, 17 October 2024 (UTC)		The distortion of Washington State, where I live, is painful, but funny. Can't wait for comic 3000! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.146.58\|172.71.146.58]] 16:00, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

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	I found it idiotic to declare this the LAST map projection so far, seeing as AFAIK this comic is still going (though I got months behind in my XKCD reading), if and when Randall does another one someone would have to know/remember to come here and change that, so I removed that declaration. Calling something "last" only makes sense if it's impossible for there to be another, in this case if XKCD ended. [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 05:28, 22 March 2025 (UTC)		I found it idiotic to declare this the LAST map projection so far, seeing as AFAIK this comic is still going (though I got months behind in my XKCD reading), if and when Randall does another one someone would have to know/remember to come here and change that, so I removed that declaration. Calling something "last" only makes sense if it's impossible for there to be another, in this case if XKCD ended. [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 05:28, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
		+	:I have the same problem with "as of" statements, being updated to the current time. If it's "as of the publication of the comic, <blah>", then Ok, but if "as of <arbitrary last date of editing>, <thing predicted by comic> hasn't happened yet" then that is troublesome.
		+	:I had once suggested an <nowiki>{{asof\|...}}</nowiki> template, that would present an auto-accurate "<current date>" according to a chosen template ("as of <year>", "as of "<month, year>", "as of <full date>", maybe as options), but also insert membership into a <nowiki>[[Category:Articles with As Of]]</nowiki> so that anyone who wants to can quickly dip into any relevent page and investigate the possible need to change it to "this was true up until <now known date>", or however.
		+	:...anyway, this could have been used to justify the currentness of it being the last (so far). But, yes, best just to avoid writing too much for the here'n'now, when you never really know how far in the future what you write will stick around. There's always some leeway for it, and unforeseen sudden changes at any time can make a lie of any originally true statement, but a good idea not to use built-in out-datedness. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.71\|172.70.85.71]] 19:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

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	:To contrast, New Zealand is two ''biiig'' islands, north-south orientated and practically touching in relative scale, that has been never been "part of Australia" (though part of the British Empire, along with Australia, until gradually shucked off in various changes to that across the 19th and 20th centuries) and covers over 100k mi².		:To contrast, New Zealand is two ''biiig'' islands, north-south orientated and practically touching in relative scale, that has been never been "part of Australia" (though part of the British Empire, along with Australia, until gradually shucked off in various changes to that across the 19th and 20th centuries) and covers over 100k mi².
	:Apart from anything else, it's probably a bit insulting to Kiwis to be assumed to be "the Hawaii of Australia". And for PNG/Indonesian peoples possibly being considered "the Alaskans", to follow up on that suggestion, that's problematic on various additional fronts. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.195.182\|172.69.195.182]] 00:27, 22 October 2024 (UTC)		:Apart from anything else, it's probably a bit insulting to Kiwis to be assumed to be "the Hawaii of Australia". And for PNG/Indonesian peoples possibly being considered "the Alaskans", to follow up on that suggestion, that's problematic on various additional fronts. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.195.182\|172.69.195.182]] 00:27, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I found it idiotic to declare this the LAST map projection so far, seeing as AFAIK this comic is still going (though I got months behind in my XKCD reading), if and when Randall does another one someone would have to know/remember to come here and change that, so I removed that declaration. Calling something "last" only makes sense if it's impossible for there to be another, in this case if XKCD ended. [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 05:28, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

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	This is probably the third time that Randall has split Michigan. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 08:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)		This is probably the third time that Randall has split Michigan. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 08:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	May I get this printed on a poster, pretty please? [[User:Aaron Liu\|Aaron Liu]] ([[User talk:Aaron Liu\|talk]]) 20:20, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

	==Request: Map Merge/Morph==		==Request: Map Merge/Morph==