Hacker News with Generative AI: Geography

UK signs deal to hand over Chagos Islands (bbc.co.uk)
The UK has signed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the military base there for £101m a year

Politics, International Relations, Military, Geography, Diplomacy

8 points by FridayoLeary 1 day ago | 1 comments

The Boiling River of the Amazon (atlasobscura.com)
Hidden in the dense jungle of the Peruvian Amazon is a percolating, roiling river.

Amazon, Rivers, Geography, Nature, Travel

5 points by Brajeshwar 5 days ago | 0 comments

Welcome to the land that no country wants (2016) (theguardian.com)
Bir Tawil is the last truly unclaimed land on earth: a tiny sliver of Africa ruled by no state, inhabited by no permanent residents and governed by no laws.

Geography, Politics, International Relations

21 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 4 comments

ChatGPT could never get a PhD in geography (garymarcus.substack.com)
People keep telling me ChatGPT is smart. Is it really?

Artificial Intelligence, Geography, Education

18 points by garymarcus 11 days ago | 25 comments

Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America' name change (bbc.com)
Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America for US users on its maps service, Claudia Sheinbaum has said.

Geography, Lawsuits, Google, Mexico, Maps

8 points by doener 12 days ago | 4 comments

Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico's name for US users (theguardian.com)
Mexico has sued Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Google Maps users in the United States, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Friday.

Google, Mexico, Lawsuits, Geography, International Relations

14 points by chrisjj 14 days ago | 0 comments

Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America' name change (bbc.com)
Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users, President Claudia Sheinbaum says.

Mexico, Google, Geography, Lawsuits, Maps

12 points by 2bluesc 14 days ago | 0 comments

Dead Reckoning (damninteresting.com)
In the Earth’s extreme southern latitudes, where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet, there is a rocky gap of sea between Antarctica and South America known as the Drake Passage.

Geography, Antarctica, Oceanography

190 points by repost_bot 15 days ago | 62 comments

Guelta (wikipedia.org)
A guelta (Arabic: قلتة, also transliterated qalta or galta) is a pocket of water that forms within rock formations in the Sahara Desert and Arabian Desert.

Geography, Water, Desert, Arabic Language

6 points by brendanashworth 18 days ago | 0 comments

Why does Switzerland have so many bunkers? (thedial.world)
To the alternating fascination, bewilderment and envy of its European neighbors, Switzerland, population nearly 9 million, has more bunkers per capita than anywhere else in the world — enough to guarantee shelter space to every single resident in the event of a crisis.

Switzerland, Military, Bunkers, History, Geography

160 points by pseudolus 20 days ago | 188 comments

The True Size Of (thetruesize.com)

Data Visualization, Geography, Web Applications

295 points by thunderbong 27 days ago | 138 comments

Shortest-possible walking tour to 81,998 bars in South Korea (uwaterloo.ca)
We have solved a traveling salesman problem (TSP) to walk to 81,998 bars in South Korea.

South Korea, Optimization, Geography, Computer Science

435 points by geeknews 30 days ago | 139 comments

The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien's fantasy world (wpr.org)
If you’ve ever wanted to explore the world of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” the best place to start might be Oshkosh.

Fantasy Literature, Maps, Geography, Wisconsin

233 points by bookofjoe 42 days ago | 48 comments

Globe Gores (blogs.loc.gov)
The Geography and Map Division holds a variety of printed globe gores in a variety of sizes and configurations ranging from some of the earliest examples in the 16th century to more modern examples in the 20th century.

Geography, History, Maps, Globes

35 points by bookofjoe 52 days ago | 3 comments

Visions of Greenland (worldhistory.substack.com)
The outside world has long projected its desires onto the world's biggest island

Greenland, History, Geography, Culture

3 points by crescit_eundo 54 days ago | 0 comments

Fort Worth – Now 10th largest US city (wikipedia.org)
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

Cities, Texas, Demographics, Geography

15 points by austin-cheney 54 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Learn where countries are on the world map with Spaced Repetition (koljapluemer.com)

Geography, Education, Learning, Spaced Repetition

217 points by blackbrokkoli 67 days ago | 83 comments

Study finds 46 percent of U.S. counties have pharmacy deserts (ncpa.org)
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that pharmacy deserts are significantly more common in counties where patients are experiencing high social vulnerability. They said 46 percent of all counties studied had at least one pharmacy desert, and that 15.8 million people in the U.S. live in pharmacy deserts.

Healthcare, Social Vulnerability, Rural Health, Public Health, Geography

44 points by toomuchtodo 68 days ago | 125 comments

Ulithi WWII Naval Forward Base (wikipedia.org)
Ulithi (Yapese: Wulthiy, Yulthiy, or Wugöy;[1] pronounced roughly as YOU-li-thee[2][needs IPA]) is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 191 km (103 nmi) east of Yap, within Yap State.

History, Geography, Pacific Ocean

4 points by walterbell 79 days ago | 1 comments

Lady of the North 55°05'18.2"N 1°37'41.1"W – Google Maps (google.com)

Google Maps, Geography, Landmarks

29 points by vinnyglennon 82 days ago | 12 comments

Bifurcation: The secret giant islands formed when rivers split (starkeycomics.com)
As I’m sure you’re aware, rivers usually combine together to make larger and larger rivers until they reach the sea. However, there are some exceptions: rivers do sometimes split up and flow in separate directions.

Geography, Rivers, Geology

118 points by webstrand 86 days ago | 35 comments

Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps (cnn.com)

International Relations, Legal Disputes, Geography, Google, Mexico

10 points by doener 94 days ago | 0 comments

Golfo Del Gringo Loco (daringfireball.net)
You saw the news last week, I’m sure, that both of the major mapping-app providers, Google and Apple, have updated their maps to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”. Microsoft’s Bing Maps, which I would describe as a minor provider, has made the change too.

Mapping, Geography, Technology, Politics

7 points by chmaynard 94 days ago | 0 comments

Mexico will wait for Google response on Gulf of Mexico before filing lawsuit (pbs.org)
Mexico said Monday it’s awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit.

Mexico, Google Maps, Lawsuits, Geography

18 points by healsdata 95 days ago | 11 comments

Google Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews after rename criticism (bbc.com)
Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico, after criticism of its decision to label it "Gulf of America" for users in the US.

Google Maps, Geography, Controversy, United States

68 points by chrisjj 98 days ago | 67 comments

Bristling at 'Gulf of Mexico' name change on maps, Mexico says might sue Google (apnews.com)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that her government wouldn’t rule out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the “Gulf of America.”

Mexico, Geography, Lawsuits, Google, Naming Conventions

13 points by c420 99 days ago | 4 comments

Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Reviews (forbes.com)
Google has tacitly admitted to removing negative reviews objecting to the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America from Google Maps. It has also turned off the ability to suggest edits or report inaccuracies for the Gulf of America.

Google Maps, Censorship, Geography, Controversy

19 points by nickcotter 99 days ago | 15 comments

Gulf of America name change in the U.S. (google)
In the U.S., the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has officially updated “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.”

Geography, United States, Naming Conventions, Government

31 points by jnd0 101 days ago | 56 comments

Do Lake Names Reflect Their Properties? (ivanludvig.dev)
A few months ago, I did a hike to a lake called “Lac Vert” (Green Lake) in France. It’s a mountain lake located close to the Italian border. I found it remarkable how vividly green the lake was. Although the name describes its appearance well, I was still surprised. This made me wonder: is it common for lakes to have appropriate names, reflecting their properties?

Geography, Linguistics, Natural Features

36 points by IvanLudvig 102 days ago | 43 comments

Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America' (theverge.com)
Google Maps now shows the “Gulf of America” in place of the “Gulf of Mexico” for users on both web and mobile in the United States.

Google Maps, Geography, Mapping, Errors

88 points by jasperr1 102 days ago | 187 comments