Frayed Passport<p>A huge island was mapped in the South Pacific. It showed up on Google Earth, National Geographic, and official charts for 136 years. But when ham radio operators tried to visit? It wasn’t there.</p><p>This is the wild case of Sandy Island, the island that was discovered—then undiscovered. 🏝️</p><p>Read the full mystery here: <a href="https://frayedpassport.com/sandy-island-the-south-pacific-island-that-was-discovered-by-whalers-then-undiscovered-by-ham-radio-operators/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">frayedpassport.com/sandy-islan</span><span class="invisible">d-the-south-pacific-island-that-was-discovered-by-whalers-then-undiscovered-by-ham-radio-operators/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TravelWeirdness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TravelWeirdness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MappingFails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MappingFails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomIslands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LostGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LostGeography</span></a></p>
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Frayed Passport<p>A huge island was mapped in the South Pacific. It showed up on Google Earth, National Geographic, and official charts for 136 years. But when ham radio operators tried to visit? It wasn’t there.</p><p>This is the wild case of Sandy Island, the island that was discovered—then undiscovered. 🏝️</p><p>Read the full mystery here: <a href="https://frayedpassport.com/sandy-island-the-south-pacific-island-that-was-discovered-by-whalers-then-undiscovered-by-ham-radio-operators/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">frayedpassport.com/sandy-islan</span><span class="invisible">d-the-south-pacific-island-that-was-discovered-by-whalers-then-undiscovered-by-ham-radio-operators/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TravelWeirdness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TravelWeirdness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MappingFails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MappingFails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomIslands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LostGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LostGeography</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>30 [Often Purposefully] Terrible Maps That Are As Funny As They're Useless<br />--<br /><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/terrible-maps-funny/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boredpanda.com/terrible-maps-f</span><span class="invisible">unny/</span></a> <-- shared article<br />--<br />“OK, folks, you might want to keep your GPS on while scrolling through this one because we're heading into the land of 'Terrible Maps.'<br />It's a bumpy ride, full of wrong coordinates and not-very-helpful legends, however, the unexpected twists and turns are what make it so memorable.<br />This fun online project, dedicated to geographically incorrect entertainment, features such gems as 'The World According To Fish' and 'What Pedestrian [Signs] Look Like Across Europe.'<br />Even though its content might not get you from point A to point B, the pictures can, in fact, teach you something and put a smile on your face…”<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cartography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/examples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>examples</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatialdata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AllDataIsSpatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AllDataIsSpatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>map</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/usecases" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usecases</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>representation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/examples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>examples</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mappymemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mappymemes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/badmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>badmaps</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mappingfails" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mappingfails</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>entertainment</span></a></p>
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