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  1. 64 Terrible But Funny Maps That You Wouldn’t Find In A Geography Book
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    boredpanda.com/best-terrible-m <-- shared article
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    β€œMost of us, if not all, are aware of what a typical map looks like. It usually represents a part of the Earth, showing the locations of countries, cities, and natural landmarks like rivers and mountains, as well as man-made features like roads and buildings.
    However, some cartographers try to mix it up and stray from the norm, creating not-so-conventional maps that, at first glance, have no usefulness at all. How many Switzerlands fit in Brazil and tomato Europe vs. potato Europe are just a few examples awaiting you on the best-of-all-time list of Terrible Maps…”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #geography #cartography #funnymaps #mappymeme #terriblemaps #humour
    @TerribleMaps

  2. As A USGS Employee Working In Spatial Data: hehehehehehehehe
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    xkcd.com/2920/ <-- link to XKCD cartoon
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    "The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-centre by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place."
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #humour #humor #datums #coordinatesystems #NAD83 #NAVD88 #mappymeme #survey #USGS #NGS #benchmark #surveymarker #NorthAmerica #geodetic #geodesy
    @XKCD

  3. As A USGS Employee Working In Spatial Data: hehehehehehehehe
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    xkcd.com/2920/ <-- link to XKCD cartoon
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    "The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-centre by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place."
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #humour #humor #datums #coordinatesystems #NAD83 #NAVD88 #mappymeme #survey #USGS #NGS #benchmark #surveymarker #NorthAmerica #geodetic #geodesy
    @XKCD

  4. As A USGS Employee Working In Spatial Data: hehehehehehehehe
    --
    xkcd.com/2920/ <-- link to XKCD cartoon
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    "The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-centre by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place."
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #humour #humor #datums #coordinatesystems #NAD83 #NAVD88 #mappymeme #survey #USGS #NGS #benchmark #surveymarker #NorthAmerica #geodetic #geodesy
    @XKCD

  5. As A USGS Employee Working In Spatial Data: hehehehehehehehe
    --
    xkcd.com/2920/ <-- link to XKCD cartoon
    --
    "The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-centre by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place."
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #humour #humor #datums #coordinatesystems #NAD83 #NAVD88 #mappymeme #survey #USGS #NGS #benchmark #surveymarker #NorthAmerica #geodetic #geodesy
    @XKCD

  6. As A USGS Employee Working In Spatial Data: hehehehehehehehe
    --
    xkcd.com/2920/ <-- link to XKCD cartoon
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    "The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-centre by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place."

    @XKCD

  7. Missed your 25th birthday @shapefiIe (July 1998); that is 175 years in technology years! πŸ™ƒ 😜 πŸ€” 😁
    (and some are worried about Joe Biden!)
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    Nothing personal, but #shapefilesmustdie
    gis-blog.com/geopackage-vs-sha
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #shapefiles #geopackage #moderntechnology #technology #mappymeme

  8. How Many Rhode Islands, The β€˜Standard’ US Spatial Size Metric?
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    xkcd.com/1257/ <-- link to XKCD cartoon
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    β€œIt was finally destroyed with a nuclear weapon carrying the destructive energy of the Hiroshima bomb…”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #mappymeme #RhodeIsland #comparasion #humour #humor #XKCD
    @xkcd

  9. ArcMap 10.x --> ArcGIS Pro
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    H/T @Matt Malone (twitter.com/MatthewHMalone)
    With ArcMap 10.x retiring…
    From someone who has been using Pro for a couple of years now, when I have (word used specifically) to open ArcGIS 10.x for legacy apps, I shiver in UNanticipation...
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #arcgis #arcmap #retirement #legacy #esri #humour #takeup #gischat #mappymeme

  10. I asked this question - tongue in cheek - in a meeting...
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    Someone made up this meme in reply and added it to the chat...
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    I like my job and the team 😊
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #appliedresearch #lead #team #humor #funatwork #meme #mappymeme #humour #work #teamwork #interpersonal