HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1050 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1389 times:
I picked up this printed Emirates route map at the recent Flight Centre Expo in Sydney. Looks like they have an interesting take on world geography ... amongst others:
1. London is now in France and takes the place of Paris
2. New York is now in the middle of the Atlantic
3. Melbourne is now in Tasmania ...
Shows what you can do if you accidentally put a layer a few pixels wrong!
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1344 times:
It looks all the locations have been shifted south a bit.
Flyboy36y From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3039 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1311 times:
Quoting Aloges (Reply 1): I'm a bit confused... what am I supposed to burn over this? Instructions please!
Tbar220 From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7011 posts, RR: 28 Reply 5, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1294 times:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but does Hong Kong seem a bit out of place also?
Stratofish From Germany, joined Sep 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 6 Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1285 times:
Quoting Tbar220 (Reply 5): Correct me if I'm wrong, but does Hong Kong seem a bit out of place also?
You are wrong, of course!
CLK is on Lan Tau Island which lies a few hundred miles south of HKG, that's why the train to downtown Hong Kong Island needs 2h 17mins.
Petmbro From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 260 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1226 times:
Quoting Tbar220 (Reply 5): Correct me if I'm wrong, but does Hong Kong seem a bit out of place also?
Yes Hong Kong should be located exactly north on the coast of China plus New York City seems to have floated out to sea...
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MKEdude From South Korea, joined May 2005, 1008 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1165 times:
They had to cut a few corners in order to pay for all the new planes that they ordered. So they went to Bob's discount house of cartography for their route map.
Bob's nerves were shot to hell in the aftermath of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia break-ups. He hasn't been the same since.
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline." Frank Zappa
HT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6473 posts, RR: 27 Reply 15, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1095 times:
Quoting Doona (Reply 14): Why is Gothenburg in Copenhagen?
With this mixup and a lot of other misplacements of cities in mind:
Is EK joining FR in re-naming airports ? Like "Fly into Melbourne and land in Tasmania - it´s only a short drive to downtown"
Serious: While some minor misplacements are tolerable, that bit of work surely is unworthy of EK ! Hopefully it will not stay around for too long !
-HT
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YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4781 posts, RR: 17 Reply 16, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1067 times:
Everything is simply a little south of where it shoud be. I suspect this is just lazy layer work in a graphics app. I boldy predict it will be at least two weeks till we get another "Airline X has a shoddy map" thread.
'fraid not! The Cabo Verde islands are off the coast from Dakar, Senegal, which is on the Cabo Verde - "Green Cape" in English.
Lagos, in this case, has moved to São Tomé and Principe, an independent country, or Bioko, an island belonging to Equatorial Guinea and home to that country's capital, Malabo.
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8358 posts, RR: 47 Reply 19, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 965 times:
Quoting ME AVN FAN (Reply 18): possibly your ticket ? or a few banknotes ?
I could also order a photo print of an EK airliner and burn it... you know, like some gentlemen in Egypt did with photographs of the al-Salam Boccaccio.
[Edited 2006-02-09 16:30:09]
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MD11junkie From Argentina, joined May 2005, 3091 posts, RR: 60 Reply 20, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 961 times:
Quoting Aloges (Reply 17): 'fraid not! Silly The Cabo Verde islands are off the coast from Dakar, Senegal, which is on the Cabo Verde - "Green Cape" in English.
Lagos, in this case, has moved to São Tomé and Principe, an independent country, or Bioko, an island belonging to Equatorial Guinea and home to that country's capital, Malabo.
Well, I keep renaming countries. At least I got one right, not like EK . Thanks Achim.
Cheers!
Gastón - The MD11 Junkie
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Prebennorholm From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 6019 posts, RR: 55 Reply 24, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 821 times:
Maybe they should cancel all these routes and put all their planes on a new route to Copenhagen. Considering the later events they should know where Denmark is on the map.
Always keep your number of landings equal to your number of take-offs, Preben Norholm
HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1050 posts, RR: 0 Reply 25, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 814 times:
Quoting HT (Reply 15): With this mixup and a lot of other misplacements of cities in mind:
Is EK joining FR in re-naming airports ? Like "Fly into Melbourne and land in Tasmania - it's only a short drive to downtown"
I'm sure Tasmanians would love that ...
Quoting HT (Reply 15): Serious: While some minor misplacements are tolerable, that bit of work surely is unworthy of EK ! Hopefully it will not stay around for too long !
Well they printed boxloads of it for the shows here in Oz, so far only Melbourne and Sydney so far, but thousands would have been in public hands by now, what's worse, it's [b]printed]/b], not just on the net. (The other side of the print are lovely seat maps for both 773ER and 345)
Perhaps someone from EK will read it and pull it from the upcoming shows. I'll ask if people in Brisbane this weekend manages to get a copy ...
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