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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Maps are important in John Green's book, Paper Towns, and in this episode of The List Show.
The List Show is a weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John shares 27 facts about maps.
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Isn't a globe the most accurate world map of all?
***** I'm considering it a map.. so yes.. it can..
Not really. The most accurate maps we have are the NGA geodetic projections. It's weird.
Grimbot2 Do maps have to be flat I guess is the question than. Google maps isn't flat, zoom that thing out and it rounds off fast... so if you Globe isn't a map, neither is google. If a globe isn't a map, than Google Maps should be called Google Globe.
fartzinwind When you DO zoom in, they're maps. They have a name for the globe too though, it's Google Earth. They still support the standalone software, but much of functionality is making it into the online version as part of Google Maps.
Dylan MacBurnie Guess I spend too much time on Google Earth. I forgot that Google Maps does stay flat, while Earth goes rounded.
No, john, your real job is semi - professional FIFA managing.
Boooooo!(FIFA)
Exactly
Exactly what I said
littlehouseonthepreposterous
Why?
+Mohammed AL-Buainain John is a sponsor and huge fan of AFC Wimbledon, which is a fourth-tier English football team.
Not gonna lie, The West Wing already taught me most of this. Since I watched it at a young age, my rant about protections has made me sound smart in school many a time. I liked the "Aaron Sorkin character reference".
this video was mapsolutely fascinating
Loved the shout-out to (what I assume is) the episode of West Wing where CJ lears how messed-up the Mercator projection is.
Buster: "Okay. Obviously this blue part here is the land... and that would mean..."
As a retired USGS Cartgrapher, I found this video to be very cool. I can assre you topographic maps have no Paper towns as they are considered public domain. Will check out the book!
Hey john. I just went to watch paper towns this weekend here in brazil. I have been watching your videos for over a year now and I had never made the connection between you and the books until this moment so let's just say mind = blown. Congrats for the good work!!
WHAT?!? You're John Green?! Like, I knew that was your name. I've been watching this channel for a while, but I didn't realize you were THE John Green. How did I not know this. I follow you on Twitter. I see your pictures. I literally just had to put two and two together and yet, I didn't! I am such a moron. I can't stop laughing, this is great!
Haha! That happened to me. I had read his books and our teachers showed us crash course videos during class, but I never put two and two together!
I can't tell if you're sarcastic or not...
+RandomIdea I really didn't know. :)
Hey, I learned my lesson the hard way. Always carry paper maps to help you find your way when GPS directs you into a cul-de-sac, 500 miles from your intended destination.
OMG West Wing reference!!!
John, how do you know Mercator didn't name his projection after his cousin? maybe we just assume the wrong thing
How could Sandy Island appear on Google Earth? I thought that Google Earth was based off of pictures.
eptgen no it is a globe earth conspiraci so you dont find that the earth is actully a dehecahedron
eptgen It is not fully based on satellite photos and aerial photography. If you do explore the map some more you will notice some remote areas being very poorly documented. Having no real detailed photos of the area. We simply have not documented every inch of the planet yet even if one would think so.
eptgen I thought it was based off of satellite imagery.
Dawud G Delves
It is based of a mixture of sources. Satellite images wont give you the name of streets and cities after all. And some places are not documented with high resolution Satellite photos.
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I love The West Wing reference!!!
I've been watching this channel for months.... And I just realized this was John Green... The famous Author..
John Snow, MRCS was actually one of the great contributors to modern medicine. He devised a method for standardizing the doses of inhaled anesthetics thus saving the lives of thousands. He also administered anesthesia to Queen Victoria for childbirth.
Well, John, in that case you might be interested to know that Gerardus Mercator was actually called Gerard Kremer; Mercator is just the Latinised version of his name.
Wait, did we not see the lack of Sandy Island in satellite images before people tried to go there?
I didn't realize you are THAT John Green... Lol! I'm listening to Paper Towns on audible. Thx!
"This went on until the 1980s where it was stopped by things like Great Depressions and World Wars..." -John Green, 2015
I didn't know there was a World War in the 1980s.
I saw this and I though right away, "Is this for Papertowns?" One minute and thirty seconds later, CALLED IT
Wanted to learn about cartography today. Was not disappointed. Thank you.
In Saudi Arabia, Israel is removed from maps. They use markers to censor it, or it's just scratched/cut off.
Tasmania is named after Abel Tasman, Van Diemen's Land is named after Anthony Van Diemen and the Cook islands are named after James Cook. All named after the surname.
So why do people say that America was named after a person with the first name of "Amerigo" rather than the man who funded the first exploration of mainland America who was called Richard Ameryk ?
Kishore Shenoy (I'm sure you already know this, but why not say it again) It's usually said that Amerigo was the first to realize that America was it's own continent, and then a German cartographer Waldseemuller named the continent in honor of Amerigo's realization. Why use the first name, I don't know.
Besides, nobody cares about the people who fund exploration, only those who lead the actual exploring
Kishore Shenoy The short answer? Because it wasn't named after Richard Ameryk. It was named after Amerigo Vespucci--a Latin version of his first name, which is Americus. Not all places that were named after people are named by the the surname (though a huge majority of them are).
James A Clouder
You contradict yourself, first you say "wasn't it's own continent" then you say "named the continent". Now I know the second part is the truth according to most accounts, however always read what you write before posting.
sion8 Opps, I must have been writing 'Amerigo discovered the continent wasn't Asia' and changed it mid sentence to 'it was it's own continent'
Kishore Shenoy Maybe there was just a certain amount of agreement on the part of mapmakers that "America" is a much better name for a continent than "Vespucia".
2015 was a simple time when saying the earth is round wasn't a controversial opinion.
Your inflection on "Google Maps" and "icosahedron" is unlike any I've heard before, with the primary stress on "Goo" in the former (whereas I say and have always heard it on the "Maps" part) and on the "ico" in the latter (whereas I'd put it on/hear it on the "-he-" portion).
I was hoping for a West Wing reference and you did not disappoint!
Can’t get over the fact that I didn’t figure out you are the person that wrote my favourite book despite me watching your videos for years and hearing you say your own name a million times😂
The Point of Inaccessibility, nicknamed Point Nemo after the captain of the Nautilus, in the south Pacific, is a special geographical location. It is the farthest from land anyone can be while still being on Earth. The closest bit of land to Point Nemo are the Pitcairn Islands, British oversees territory.
Good man John, the Mercator projection sucks for education.
First, John, congratulations on your new book. News sites have carried the story of a REAL "The Fault In Our Stars" couple but the fail to mention you or the sometimes even the movie like we are just supposed to grok it. I hope the new movie credits you more for your work.
Second, I love maps, too. I have dozens of atlases and can spend a lot of time just looking at them. Quite a feat for an ADHD person. But, it arose from long trips to visit my Grandmother. I had 4 and 1/2 hours to stare out of the window while in a car with two smoking parents, 3 siblings, and a stinky dog. As the eldest son, my domain was the back seat and I could banish the others to the back of the station wagon. Therefore, maps have shaped my life.
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode of Mental Floss!
Maps somehow just warm my heart.
After watching "27 facts about Maps" my 9yo announced that she is calling a newly acquired IKEA soft toy "Agloe". Having recently read Paper Towns I'm pretty much rather in favour of that choice. The toy is part of their range based on children's drawings, so it's especially appropriate given the theme of imaginary things becoming real. Thanks for adding to World Awesome John. Xxxx
I think John would really enjoy the book "Defining the Wind" by Scott Huler. It's not about maps but it's about how we use language to describe our world, and seems like a good book for a map nerd.
Maps are indeed awesome. Great episode.
...wait a minute....this John Green is THE John Green that wrote those books?? I had no idea! I haven't read the books, but now I may have to pick them up and give them a try! *mind blown*
Glad u did this. I'm also a big fan of maps & used to read them alot when I was growing up. Still use them alot instead of GPS
Thank you +JohnGreen for this episode.
My late mother loved maps.
loved this.... map geek here :)
John, I'm a map nerd too! I remember the old H.M.Gousha maps - they were the BEST. FUN stuff about paper towns! Love it. Always entertaining AND informative. Your delivery is incredible. There's no breath sounds. I swear you're a cyborg. But you seem friendly. Thank you!
A fun fact from math:
Because maps are contractions (maps are smaller that the terrain they map xD)
there is always one point on the map that is exactly above the point it maps (and is its always just one)
(Math background: Banach fixed-point theorem)
Rather the opposite of a paper town, the state of Wisconsin inadvertently left the village of Winneconne off the official state highway map in 1967. The village reacted by attempting to secede from Wisconsin, threatening to set up their own state or possibly join another state “that had better weather.” The insurrection was quelled when the governor (of Wisconsin, not Winneconne) agreed to meet with the rebel leaders and apologize.
Learned so much today. I love maps too. Thanks John.
I wasn't going to watch Paper Towns but I feel I might watch it now.
6:08 Nice hat, Vespucci! 😆
...Wait, is it just me, or did John say production ended in 1980, due to Great Depressions and World Wars? Has John Green uncovered the greatest conspiracy theory of all time?
Hahahahha funny to see a lot of people finally realize that you are in fact THAT John Green.
The John Green that wrote The fault in our stars, Paper towns, looking for Alaska and many other books!
What a great video! Loved the subject... maps maps maps...
Matthew Flinders (the first person to circumnaviate Australia) was a cartorapher who didn't name anything after himself :)
I love maps. This gave me a mapgasm.
I can look at a map for hours! This is my favourite vid thus far! Well done Mental Floss!
I checked out the fuller map projection. That was actually pretty interesting.
What about the story of Cape Nome in Alaska? One interpretation is that a cartographer hadn't seen the place before so wrote "Name?" by the cape, then a draftsman couldn't read the man's handwriting and thought the cape was called "Nome"
"Does Google Maps weigh anything?"
Well, it's best not to think of mass and energy as separate things, but rather that mass is a property of energy. So no matter how you choose to measure it, Google Map is energy, and thus has the property of mass, so it does weigh something. But it's rather insignificant.
Lutranereis However the information is hosted on servers.
So it depends if you include those or not.
really, really, really cool video John, can't wait for the Paper Towns movie
Yay you mention one of my favourite projections! The Dymaxion projection! Used the same method to create a map of fantasy world I used for role-playing. :)
John Green probably has maps on maps on maps
I love papertowns! Loved it best book ever:)
Love these videos, and had no idea I used to sell tons of your books when I worked for a bookstore. Well done, sir!
No mention of my favorite map, the USGS 7.5 minute topo map. I use them for hiking, had some pinned on the wall of Grand Canyon, i had only a portion cause the Canyon is huge.
Mercator charts are also good because you can draw a Rhumb line as a simple line on the map and I read that Mercator charts comes from merchant as in merchant maps and that the German guy might be a myth.
the Video stated that the first map to put north on top is made in 1402. Care to look up a map called '禹跡圖' ( Pronounced Yu Ji Tu, literally 'Mapping the Footprints of Yu the Great') and tell me where north is pointed? It's a map created in 1136 CE China during the Sung Dynasty, the stele which the map is carved on is still standing today and can be found in the Stele Forest in Xi'an, China. Thanks
oh human geography, you make me know so many of these facts already
Wish John would come back to mental floss even for a year
From one cartography nerd to another, thanks so much for this video.
Very interesting. I'm glad I stumbled onto your show, I love nerdy entertainment :) thank you!
I think i remember a documentary saying European rulers would claim that they had lost more land to cartographers than war.
Sandy Island could've been a giant sandbar and gotten washed away by storms over the years.
In 2017 we had a real hard time trying to find a paper map in New York. Pennsylvania was not a problem.
In outback Australia, scientists discovered weird rock markings on a hill. Local indugenous people say it is map showing watercoyrses and pools. Things you need in desert. Its believed the carvung is many thousands of years old. Know about it John?
No mention of the Piri Reis map? I'm a little surprised.
Hey john
I think you should listen to the album "Love of cartography" by the australian post rock band Sleepmakeswaves.
It's great!
PS I love cartography too.
I don't you mentioned the Goode Projection Map. It was like the world was on a peeled orange and layed flat. The land masses would be more accurate at the expense of the oceans being split apart.
i love how mental floss has more videos with john green when hes traveling than when hes in Indianapolis
What is the word for a "Cartography Nerd"
like, a Star Trek fan= Trekie, a Doctor Who fan= Whovian etc.
I didn't think I'd watch a video about maps facts today.
Make a video of everything on your wall!
3:48-4:05 I've always felt that way about everything. So many companies/products/discoveries are named after the creator. It doesn't just seem self-center to me but it also seems really creatively lazy.
Maps are still being given away for free. Every time I've been to Northern California and camped the gas stations and camp advisors would always have free maps for the taking.
It would have been so cool if you'd called your movie "Mountweazels." It would also have been cool if you had bothered to mention the term in this listicle; it's more fun that just "paper towns."
Small correction - China doesn't have disputed islands with India. China has islands disputed with countries around the South China Sea and has land in the Himalayas disputed with India.
As you say, people name things after themselves, especially map makers. However, your fact about Amerigo Vespucci is a contentious one. A very popular theory is that it is named after Richard Amerike, a Welsh patron of a mapmaker who went to North America, therefore naming the area after his patron...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Amerike
Great episode! I highly recommend Simon winchester's the map that changed the world and to an only slightly lesser extent Hali felt's soundings the story of the remarkable woman who mapped the ocean floor
I had know idea he was THAT JOHN GREEN TOO!!!! WTF?!?!?!!? Mind Blown
5:12 actually, an icosahedron is not a twenty sided polygon. That is a shape that is two dimensional. It is actually a polyhedron.
Paper Towns was awesome John! (:
Good luck with your film. Keep it up with your passion!
An open letter to Gerardus Mercator:
Just once I'd like to hear you say "May your brain stay minty fresh." as your closing line.
That was really interesting! Congrats on your new movie John!
Google maps still takes you to the previous location of Sandy Island.
Maps are interesting representations of physical space.
Wow i feel so dumb.... i didnt realize he was the same John Green that wrote the books...
Great work, John!
Thank you for mentioning John Snow! He is hardly ever given the credit due to him.
Wait... At 9:17 does John say "Islands that are disputed with INDIA?" Mountains are disputed with India, not islands. Maybe it was meant to be Japan or South Korea or Vietnam, Philippines or some other country in the region.
I didn't even know you wrote books
I think Buckminster Fuller named literally everything he made "Dymaxion".
I have heard John explain paper towns at least 10 different times.