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It's interesting to see how some of the boundaries drawn by this end up lining up with historical territories. For instance, in this map much of the American s
by antognini 3y ago
It's interesting to see how some of the boundaries drawn by this end up lining up with historical territories. For instance, in this map much of the American southwest comes under Mexico, which it largely was a part of during the middle of the 19th century. Scotland and Wales also fall under Ireland, which also makes sense given their common Celtic ancestry. And Vatican City has much more territory in Italy, which it did throughout much of the last millennium as the Papal States.
- mannykannot 3y agoGood points. With regard to the last one, the result depends strongly on how one deals with the Vatican City being an enclave of Rome.
- B1FF_PSUVM 3y agoI'd guess it just uses the central point of each city.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoExcept that the Vatican is fully within Rome so, actually, nowhere in Italy is closer to the Vatican than to Rome...
- smcin 3y agoOr, nowhere else in the world is closer either. You made me curious to find out the antipode of the Vatican City (41.903°N,12.454°E): the nearest land point is Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (43.9°S, 176W) according to: https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/vatican/vatican-city https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/vatican/vatican-city (not 41.903W, -167?W, which is in the ocean).