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@frankel@mastodon.top
2026-09-13 17:18:28

A short but fun post about the gotchas of #modeling the world's #geography in #softwaresystems.
Years ago, a colleague of mine told me about two pockets of foreign land surrounded by Switzer…

World geography gotchas
Years ago, a colleague of mine told me about two pockets of foreign land surrounded by Switzerland: Campione d’Italia and Büsingen am Hochrhein, respectively Italy and Germany. Both are enclaves of their respective country in Swiss territory: An enclave is a part of the territory of a state that is enclosed within the territory of another state. To distinguish the parts of a state entirely enclosed in a single other state, they are called true enclaves.

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-09-23 01:39:12

Saw a comment that said that since the #Caribbean island of Saint Martin / Sint Maarten is half Dutch 🇳🇱 and half French 🇫🇷 that it was basically Belgium! 🇧🇪
#geography #islands

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-08-10 09:12:47

While the new season of #JetLagTheGame isn’t available yet, this new YouTube #geography trivia game show by Jake Lyons is very much appreciated!
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@smurthys@hachyderm.io
2026-09-07 05:04:10

Always pushing and testing the boundary with the goal to encroach and erase. If it doesn't work, "He's just trolling the libtards".
We must admit it's a great strategy. 😟
#NewMexico #geography #placeNames