• Tja@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    Exclaves have been ignored :(

    I was looking for the French-Brazilian border, or the Spain-UK one.

  • hitwright@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s facinating to see, that only Lichtenstein seems to have to cross 2 countries to reach the ocean for trading.

  • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    Interesting that this map does have Palestine (presumably the West Bank and east Jerusalem) but doesn’t consider Gaza part of Palestine.

    That’s quite a unique combination.

    Edit: looking at Azerbaijan, I think they just focus on the biggest landmass and ignore exclaves.

    Edit2: the fine print actually says that they ignore exclaves, except for Malaysia.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      3 months ago

      Maybe it’s just considering de facto control? Israel currently controls the whole Egypt-Palestine border, so there’s no land controlled by any form of Palestinian government that has a border with Egypt

      Edit: or it’s an artifact of the “exclaves have otherwise been ignored” part, if the West Bank is considered the core and Gaza is an exclave of that

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    It made me think about that “maps only need 4 colors” (I don’t remember the proper name, but it’s an idea that maps with political borders can paint every state/country/whatever using 4 different colors and you’ll never get the same color bordering another), seems like the perfect opportunity to see if it applies here

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      It’s the Four Color Theorem.

      And well, it’s actually mathematically proven, but not for maps with disjointed regions that need to be colored the same, such as Alaska + mainland USA.
      (In that particular case, it’s not too difficult to resolve, but you don’t get a guarantee for it.)

      The map in the post actually merges such disjointed regions, though, so it absolutely should work there.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      3 months ago

      Here’s a way to do it https://i.imgur.com/YULx0sg.jpeg

      East Africa and the Balkans took a little bit of figuring out

      Edit: and sure enough, there’s actually a mistake in East Africa. DR Congo and Tanzania shouldn’t be the same colour. I think it can be fixed with the following changes:

      • Eritrea, Somaliland, and Kenya > green
      • Djibouti and Somalia > blue
      • Ethiopia > red
      • Tanzania > cyan
      • Zambia > blue
      • Mozambique > red
      • Malawi and Eswatini > green
  • ramchak@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Bolivia shares a border with Argentina. They got that wrong on this map.

  • DrinkMonkey@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Like all maps, this one needs a date. For example, Canada and Denmark now share a land border (Hans island)