Charlie Endell Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Switzerland aren't in the EU, why do they get a vote?Think Switzerland and Norway are associate members of the EU fisheries and agricultural commissions - something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Switzerland ? They have a coastline around their big ponds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Switzerland aren't in the EU, why do they get a vote? What about Austria, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary? J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What about Austria, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary? J What about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What a load of old toss. Land masses nearer the poles were stretched in the Mercator projection to provide a continuous 2D image. The result being that the well known imperialist powerhouse Greenland appears absolutely massive on most old maps. The fact that most imperial states were from the temperate zones, and therefore closer to the poles than many colonized areas, is an accident of geography, not an evil cartographic conspiracy (though their temperate latitude was probably a significant factor in their relative development - better climate for agriculture, disease less prevalent etc). This also, of course, means that Scotland appears disproportionately larger than more southerly parts of Britain in Mercator projections. Was the old BBC weather map based on a Mercator projection? I work at the nls map reading room and spoke to a curator about this a couple of months ago, based on my having just watched the West Wing episode. She tore it to pieces in about 30 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What about them? Landlocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 It is not just the weather map Then someone noticed it was not in the correct scale... http://wingsoverscotland.com/a-matter-of-scale/#more-69557 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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