ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 天前All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight linei.redd.itimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1354file-text
arrow-up1354imageAll countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight linei.redd.itooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 天前message-square82fedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·9 天前Technically called “Côte d’Ivoire” I believe.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·9 天前By that logic, most of those countries’ official names don’t start with I, so the map is still wrong whichever way you do it.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 天前No, just don’t apply the official names to all of the rest, only the outlier we want to ignore. It’s the scientific method.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 天前Not really. That’s their official English name. Same as when Czechia renamed itself from Czech Republic. Both aren’t the name in the Czech language, but a country can still change their English name.
Technically called “Côte d’Ivoire” I believe.
By that logic, most of those countries’ official names don’t start with I, so the map is still wrong whichever way you do it.
No, just don’t apply the official names to all of the rest, only the outlier we want to ignore. It’s the scientific method.
Not really. That’s their official English name. Same as when Czechia renamed itself from Czech Republic. Both aren’t the name in the Czech language, but a country can still change their English name.
La francaise saves the day.