Alaska's revenge
1y 14d ago by lemmy.world/u/The_Picard_Maneuver in cartographyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19364765
The absolutely chaotic choice to label Pike's Peak really made this for me.
They respect a good mtn
European here, is pike's peak high?
Mauna Kea at 9330m prominence being absolutely disrespected by you landlubbers
16864,300
Ftfy.
Denali is about a third taller. Stop making shit up.
As someone from outside US I prefer the metric answer though
Excuse my ignorance, I looked it up because I got confused: "an altitude of 14,115 feet above sea level" is basically 4,300m so yeah
No, it's not particularly high, even compared to all the other mountains in Colorado. What makes it famous is that it stands alone, while the other mountains in the state are all in a mountain range. So it is pretty striking.
It's not a peak mountain but it is a mountain peak.
Don't like being that guy, but man that's an incredibly easy thing to look up.
Some people like engaging with the community, rather than just looking something up.
Ok. For those people, yes it's high.
you're being kind of a dick, dude
I know and from time to time I do, but I also know there is very likely someone here who can give context without it being any effort and since there probably is other people who don't know anything about Pike's peak the answers aren't only for my eyes anyway. If this was a dead topic with nobody browsing these comments or if there was some kind of urgency I'd have chosen another way of getting an answer. Do you care about this long reply? Probably not.
mtn
Means To Notice?
I suppose it's a jab that out of all 900 square light years of Alaska a lot of those inset maps will only call out Denali.
Reminds me of this gem from The New Yorker:
Utah is definitely not south of Vegas
Metaphorically it is
Gottem
I like how they cut Texas off at the 'nards
Hey it’s more than Michigan got, though maybe we belong to Canada on this map, if so I accept on behalf of the ‘ganders.
When it's time, I'm sure Canada will love to have you join. Get your application in soon, though, as the worry is a lot of regions will want to join soon - your leader activated his secret police, often an escalation milestone - and there could be a processing* delay.
(Which we pronounce like 'chosen' or 'pronounce' or 'pronoun', if you want to practice now)
They commissioned bugs Bunny to use the crust cutting saw
It’s because they imagine everything in city blocks
I love the half-assed attempt at the shape, especially Texas. Chef's kiss.
Get a real peninsula instead of that little cocklet you have hanging in the Atlantic.
I must be signed into the wrong account, this isn't where I normally find Small Peninsula Humiliation
Wait Rhode Island isn't labelled on the inset, rude.