Qatar and Dubai well known for their drinking culture.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 12 April 2024 07:09 (five months ago) link
Reading through this and finding out what the first map represented does just leave me wondering how arbitrary the shops' distribution were. If there is anything linking why they are set up where they are.I guess the semi randomness was why the map was picked but presume there must be some order as to how a business is set up. History of trade or something. What directs aesthetic taste across such a broad area if the goods are at least semi uniform across the shops. Like business serving a recognised demand etc. &specific business instead of any alternative.
― Stevo, Friday, 12 April 2024 07:56 (five months ago) link
none correct so far
― Ste, Friday, 12 April 2024 11:28 (five months ago) link
100% not-population related because India/China/Indonesia are pretty mid in the heatmap and that's where 40% of the planet's population lives.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 April 2024 11:43 (five months ago) link
Iceland feels key to this.
― anvil, Friday, 12 April 2024 12:01 (five months ago) link
Florida, France, Spain, Turkey (and the Black Sea in general) all have a notable discrepancy between the coast and inland
― anvil, Friday, 12 April 2024 12:09 (five months ago) link
Kinshasa (Congo) is 16 million people and hardly visible on that map, Reykjavik 122k
― StanM, Friday, 12 April 2024 12:41 (five months ago) link
Iceland keeps me going back to power (solar/hydro/wind/geothermal) but if none of the above guesses were correct then maybe not, after all :-/
― StanM, Friday, 12 April 2024 12:44 (five months ago) link
the Kuril islands (Japan <-> Kamchatka archipelago) are suspiciously visible too (only 20-odd thousand inhabitants, there can't be power lines or railways between them) - but what can it be then? mmmmmmmm
― StanM, Friday, 12 April 2024 12:50 (five months ago) link
(archipelago->peninsula sorry)
― StanM, Friday, 12 April 2024 12:51 (five months ago) link
It could be that people don't live there. Vacation destinations would tie in with the coastal differences in France, Florida, Turkey and the others
― anvil, Friday, 12 April 2024 13:03 (five months ago) link
life expectancy?or its direct opposite. levels of violence?
― Stevo, Friday, 12 April 2024 13:07 (five months ago) link
herring consumption
― devvvine, Friday, 12 April 2024 13:08 (five months ago) link
nope
― Ste, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:10 (five months ago) link
it's something really basic
but i can give a better clue if you want one
― Ste, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:12 (five months ago) link
concentration of german bank branches
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Friday, 12 April 2024 16:16 (five months ago) link
no
― Ste, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:18 (five months ago) link
the thing that sticks out to me is yellow in the southwestern us, some of those places are podunkville
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Friday, 12 April 2024 16:18 (five months ago) link
Mercedes Benz ownership
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 April 2024 16:20 (five months ago) link
nah
― Ste, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:25 (five months ago) link
sewage piping
― devvvine, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:29 (five months ago) link
The pins got me thinking are they the most visited places in the world by tourists?
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:35 (five months ago) link
I think thats right, and would explain why the coastal strips are yellow in some places, much more so than adjacent interiors
― anvil, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:43 (five months ago) link
Canyons?
― anvil, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:44 (five months ago) link
getting close Dan
― Ste, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:45 (five months ago) link
Well, I mean you almost nailed it but the specific is different
I found it by googling but I won't spoil
― StanM, Friday, 12 April 2024 17:15 (five months ago) link
cool you can help with the replies, when i aint' here but dan almost got it so might not be long before a result.
― Ste, Friday, 12 April 2024 18:37 (five months ago) link
Something to do with transport? Highest concentration of cars, busiest roads, something like that?
― Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:28 (five months ago) link
Airbnb density?
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:37 (five months ago) link
Immigrant proportion of population?
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:38 (five months ago) link
it's related to/a consequence of what Dan guessed
― StanM, Saturday, 13 April 2024 02:38 (five months ago) link
extensive underground cave networks?
canon cameras are sold
elevation above or below sea level since all the mountains have been levelled recently.
― Stevo, Saturday, 13 April 2024 07:33 (five months ago) link
your second one is very close, combine with Dan's guess :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 13 April 2024 08:06 (five months ago) link
Something to do with where tourist photos have been geotagged?
― salsa shark, Saturday, 13 April 2024 08:32 (five months ago) link
I would call that 99% correct - I hope Ste agrees but I'll reveal...
it's a "touristiness" heatmap of the most photographed places based on photographs submitted to Panoramio. -> https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2012/01/world-tourism-heatmaps.html
― StanM, Saturday, 13 April 2024 08:51 (five months ago) link
That explains some of the more remote pins. Niagara Falls, Pyramids etc
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 13 April 2024 08:55 (five months ago) link
Looks like it, explains the canyons and the coastal strips too
― anvil, Saturday, 13 April 2024 09:56 (five months ago) link
yeah i'll take that
― Ste, Saturday, 13 April 2024 13:07 (five months ago) link
that was great! thanks :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 13 April 2024 15:19 (five months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/yR7Rn5b/map.png
― StanM, Saturday, 4 May 2024 16:35 (four months ago) link
why is that so small? hmm
― StanM, Saturday, 4 May 2024 16:37 (four months ago) link
PAL regions
― adam t. (abanana), Saturday, 4 May 2024 16:38 (four months ago) link
i'm wrong, japan wasn't PAL.
― adam t. (abanana), Saturday, 4 May 2024 16:42 (four months ago) link
let's try another site then, this shouldn't be shrunk like the first attempt:
https://i.postimg.cc/hGKjB3gf/map.gif
― StanM, Saturday, 4 May 2024 16:48 (four months ago) link
My first guess (daylight saving time) was wrong but I'm also thinking it's tech relatedExcludes some EU+EFTA members like Poland, Hungary etcInclusion of all those oversea territories is probably key
― Nabozo, Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:47 (four months ago) link
western europe, australia and new zealand, antarctica, japan, hong kong, a bunch of island nations.
japan and hong kong seem significant, but why antarctica?
― adam t. (abanana), Saturday, 4 May 2024 23:01 (four months ago) link
the exclusion of the US and Canada seems important
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 May 2024 00:09 (four months ago) link
that one green dot just north of venezuela appears to be bonaire (dutch). the other caribbean green dots are too crowded for me to make out, but they're *not* dutch
also curious that hong kong and macau are included
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 00:38 (four months ago) link