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2026-04-01 13:25 UTC

6/ That concludes our look at geographic jokes. What did we miss? If you liked this #geoweirdness thread you may also enjoy our look at Geo games: https://en.osm.town/@opencage/113606413273241319 and of course "The Vaguely Rude Places Map" is always worth a chuckle https://en.osm.town/@opencage/110524917750377747 We have many more threads about specific countries and regions, border disputes, geocoding, etc linked over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads

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  • @SK53@en.osm.town 2026-04-01 14:38

    @opencage There's a long tradition of spoof maps of which The New Yorker cover "The View of the World from 9th Avenue" is probably the most famous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue Several other lovely examples in Peter Gould's "Mental Maps".

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