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I guess this is a domain specific issue? Right here in Australia, I know that Tasmanians are regularly upset at being left off even localised maps of Australia.
by cyberferret 8y ago
I guess this is a domain specific issue? Right here in Australia, I know that Tasmanians are regularly upset at being left off even localised maps of Australia. I am sure other countries have small islands or principalities who get left off due to time/scale/space constraints.
I also recall that when growing up in Malaysia, our school books always had maps of the world with Malaysia itself being at the center of the page, and usually scaled up to be proportionally far bigger that it really is in comparison to its neighbouring countries?
Maybe that is is though - perhaps the Lamberts conformal orthogonic projection will make the very southern latitude New Zealand look almost as big as Australia and other powerful countries? Can't have that for a "mostly harmless" country - one of the few countries in the world with NO Navy or Air Force... ;) (For the record, I have visited, and LOVE NZ).
EDIT: Apologies to NZ HNers about the 'no navy or air force' comment - it appears I was misinformed by the former NZAF pilot I met at a bar in Auckland on one of my trips there. :)
- electricslpnsld 8y ago> one of the few countries in the world with NO Navy or Air Force New Zealand has a navy [1]! Back when I lived in Wellington they ran recruiting commercials non-stop. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
- peatmoss 8y agoAt the movie theater before films. And those commercials—even as an avowed peacenik—always made us chuckle as both my wife and I remembered the over-the-top US military recruitment ads. By comparison the NZ navy’s ads felt downright quaint. We lived in Devonport for some time, and so were pretty accustomed to seeing at least one or two naval ships whenever we took the ferry into downtown Auckland, which was all the time because jobs, friends, and stuff to do were all in town.
- femto 8y agoOn the flip-side, Australia ran invade NZ commercials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUYbI64QHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUYbI64QHI albeit tongue in cheek! (Potentially where the no army/navy/air force myth came from?)
- EdwardDiego 8y agoWe have both an an air force and a navy. But given the high cost of maintaining fighters/strike aircraft, it's not a very potent air force in a fight - but it's a very potent air force when it comes to humanitarian assistance and monitoring our EEZ. https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/352785/rnzaf-orion-joins-search-for-missing-kiribati-fishermen https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/352785/rnzaf-orion-j...
- mobilefriendly 8y agoIn addition to its current small but capable armed forces, New Zealand has a storied military history-- in World War II the nation suffered twice as many casualties as the United States, as a percentage of population.
- AmericanChopper 8y agoIn addition to that, New Zealanders are remarkably familiar with statistics, as the country tends to only ever measure its achievements on a per capita basis.
- frio 8y agoI think the funnier thing about our Air Force is that their logo is a flightless bird inside a bulls-eye...
- fjsolwmv 8y agoThat map placement style is a plot point in The King and I.