ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 days agoAll 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 days agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·9 days agoBy 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 days agoNo, 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-up1·7 days agoNot 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.
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.