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| titletext = I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandanavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for Britain and Ireland.
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| titletext = I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandanavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for the British Isles.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This is another world map vandalized{{Citation Needed}} by Randall, similarly to the [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|bad map projection series]].  This time, every major island that is not considered a continent in its own right is relocated into similarly-sized swathes of sea partly enclosed by the outlines of adjacent continents. The caption implies it's Earth's intended "storage mode", where everything 'loose' is neatly packed away. A similar comic is found at [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize]].
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{{incomplete|Created by A BAD MAP PROJECTOR FIRED - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
  
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The comic thus equates the world to a playroom in which the islands are the equivalent of scattered toys left out after playtime, or an office space where 'polite notices' ask users to replace materials, equipment, etc. in its intended storage, to leave it presentable for the next users. It indicates that the loose islands can be properly stored away in the nooks and crannies of the larger landmasses, possibly so they can be easily located when the next person comes along to play with or use them.
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This is another world map vandalized{{Citation Needed}} by Randall, similarly to the [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|bad map projection series]].  This time, every major island, that is not considered a continent in its own right, is relocated into similarly-sized swathes of sea partly enclosed by the outlines of adjacent continents. The caption implies it's Earth's intended "storage mode", where everything 'loose' is neatly packed away. A similar comic is found at [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize]].
  
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Though much of the apparent strange distortions of relocated islands are probably due to the relative changes in length/area/angle across differing parts of the planar-stretched map of the globe (depending upon the {{w|map projection}} being used<!-- I really want to tie that down specifically, when I have time! -->), Randall is clearly also not averse to distorting the landmasses slightly to fit even the 'immobile' continental masses. He mentions in the title text that he likes to make use of the jutting outcrop of {{w|Scandinavia}} (though misspelled as it was in [[850: World According to Americans]]) by flexing it somewhat like one might do with a spring-clip, thus gripping tightly whatever islands he forces within the gap (in this instance, the British Isles and Svalbard). No-one knows what happened to the Baltic islands of Öland and Gotland though. Maybe the Irish ate them?
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New locations of various islands:
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On 4 March 2023 the last few words of the title text were changed from ''the British Isles'' to ''Britain and Ireland'' (this [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/British_Isles_Euler_Diagram_12.png may or may not] have been strictly necessary).
 
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===Table of islands===
 
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New locations of selected islands that are visible on the map:
 
  
 
{| class="wikitable"  
 
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! New Location
 
! New Location
 
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| {{w|Kodiak Island}}
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| Vancouver Island
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| South of mainland Alaska
 
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| {{w|Cook Inlet}}
 
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|-
 
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| {{w|Vancouver Island}}
 
 
| West of mainland Canada
 
| West of mainland Canada
 
| {{w|Salish Sea}}
 
| {{w|Salish Sea}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| {{w|Canadian Arctic Archipelago}}
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| Northern Canadian Islands
 
| North of mainland Canada
 
| North of mainland Canada
 
| {{w|Hudson Bay}}
 
| {{w|Hudson Bay}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| {{w|Newfoundland (Island)|Newfoundland}}, {{w|Prince Edward Island}}, and {{w|Anticosti Island}}
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| {{w|Newfoundland (Island)}}, {{w|Prince Edward Island}}, and {{w|Anticosti Island}}
 
| {{w|Labrador Sea|Off the eastern coast of Canada}}
 
| {{w|Labrador Sea|Off the eastern coast of Canada}}
 
| {{w|Gulf of St Lawrence}}
 
| {{w|Gulf of St Lawrence}}
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| {{w|Gulf of Lion|Coast of southern France}}
 
| {{w|Gulf of Lion|Coast of southern France}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| {{w|Great Britain}} and {{w|Ireland}}
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| {{w|Great Britain}} and {{w|Ireland}}, ??
 
| Northwest Europe
 
| Northwest Europe
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| {{w|Baltic Sea}}
 
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|-
 
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| {{w|Svalbard}}
 
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| Far North Atlantic
 
 
| {{w|Baltic Sea}}
 
| {{w|Baltic Sea}}
 
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| {{w|Philippines}}
 
| {{w|Philippines}}
 
| {{w|Philippine Sea}}
 
| {{w|Philippine Sea}}
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| {{w|Black Sea}}
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| Black Sea
 
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|-
 
| {{w|Novaya Zemlya}}
 
| {{w|Novaya Zemlya}}
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|-
 
|-
 
| {{w|New Zealand}}, {{w|Tasmania}}
 
| {{w|New Zealand}}, {{w|Tasmania}}
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| {{w|Tasman Sea|Off the coast of Australian mainland}}
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| {{w|Tasman Sea|Off the coast of Australia}}
 
| {{w|Gulf of Carpentaria}}
 
| {{w|Gulf of Carpentaria}}
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Though much of the apparent strange distortions of relocated islands are probably due to the relative changes in length/area/angle across differing parts of the planar-stretched map of the globe (depending upon the {{w|map projection}} being used<!-- I really want to tie that down specifically, when I have time! -->), Randall is clearly also not averse to distorting the landmasses slightly, to fit, even the the 'immobile' continental masses. He mentions in the Title Text that he likes to make use of the jutting outcrop of {{w|Scandinavia}} (though misspelled as it was in [[850: World According to Americans]]) by flexing it somewhat like one might do with a spring-clip, thus gripping tightly whatever islands he forces within the gap (in this instance, the British Isles and another currently unconfirmed island).
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[A map of Earth with the largest continents in their usual locations, and Antarctica off the map, but all of the major islands have been moved into various bays and seas. See explanation above for further details.]
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{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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:[A map of Earth with the largest continents (except Antarctica) in their usual locations, but all of the major islands have been moved into various bays and seas.]
  
 
:[Caption below the panel:]
 
:[Caption below the panel:]

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