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| − | | titletext = I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandanavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for | + | | titletext = I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandanavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for the British Isles. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| + | {{incomplete|Created by A BAD MAP PROJECTOR FIRED - Are there any other islands we've forgotten?! Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
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This is another world map vandalized{{Citation Needed}} by Randall, similarly to the [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|bad map projection series]]. This time, every major island that is not considered a continent in its own right is relocated into similarly-sized swathes of sea partly enclosed by the outlines of adjacent continents. The caption implies it's Earth's intended "storage mode", where everything 'loose' is neatly packed away. A similar comic is found at [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize]]. | This is another world map vandalized{{Citation Needed}} by Randall, similarly to the [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|bad map projection series]]. This time, every major island that is not considered a continent in its own right is relocated into similarly-sized swathes of sea partly enclosed by the outlines of adjacent continents. The caption implies it's Earth's intended "storage mode", where everything 'loose' is neatly packed away. A similar comic is found at [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize]]. | ||
| − | The comic thus equates the world to a playroom in which the islands are the equivalent of scattered toys left out after playtime | + | The comic thus equates the world to a playroom in which the islands are the equivalent of scattered toys left out after playtime. It indicates that the loose islands can be properly stored away in the nooks and crannies of the larger landmasses, possibly so they can be easily located when the next person comes along to play with them. |
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| − | + | Though much of the apparent strange distortions of relocated islands are probably due to the relative changes in length/area/angle across differing parts of the planar-stretched map of the globe (depending upon the {{w|map projection}} being used<!-- I really want to tie that down specifically, when I have time! -->), Randall is clearly also not averse to distorting the landmasses slightly to fit even the 'immobile' continental masses. He mentions in the Title Text that he likes to make use of the jutting outcrop of {{w|Scandinavia}} (though misspelled as it was in [[850: World According to Americans]]) by flexing it somewhat like one might do with a spring-clip, thus gripping tightly whatever islands he forces within the gap (in this instance, the British Isles and Svalbard). | |
===Table of islands=== | ===Table of islands=== | ||
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| {{w|Gulf of Lion|Coast of southern France}} | | {{w|Gulf of Lion|Coast of southern France}} | ||
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| − | | {{w|Great Britain}} and {{w|Ireland}} | + | | {{w|Great Britain}} and {{w|Ireland}}, {{w|Svalbard}} |
| Northwest Europe | | Northwest Europe | ||
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| {{w|Baltic Sea}} | | {{w|Baltic Sea}} | ||
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| {{w|New Zealand}}, {{w|Tasmania}} | | {{w|New Zealand}}, {{w|Tasmania}} | ||
| − | | {{w|Tasman Sea|Off the coast of | + | | {{w|Tasman Sea|Off the coast of Australia}} |
| {{w|Gulf of Carpentaria}} | | {{w|Gulf of Carpentaria}} | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[A map of Earth with the largest continents in their usual locations, and Antarctica off the map, but all of the major islands have been moved into various bays and seas. See explanation above for further details.] | :[A map of Earth with the largest continents in their usual locations, and Antarctica off the map, but all of the major islands have been moved into various bays and seas. See explanation above for further details.] | ||
