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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 17:53:38 GMT 10
I have put together the beginnings of a Google Map of the worldss micronations: Please don't hesitate to make corrections, or suggestions for new inclusions. GPS coords or street addresses preferable.
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2009 18:11:47 GMT 10
This is a wonderful piece of work. Congratulations! The only minor correction I'd note is the southern border of Aurora. It's currently shown extending across the road; in reality it follows the northern edge of the road. We wouldn't want to confuse any simple-minded nomadic American hunter-gatherers, searching high and low (and yet strangely unable to locate it) as they meander across the countryside on the trail of migrating wildebeest, now, would we?
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 18:33:46 GMT 10
Done!
I've also drawn in that chunk of Antartica that everyone seems to claim.
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Post by Bokonton on Nov 22, 2009 18:41:30 GMT 10
That is brilliant! As to that 'chunk of Antarctica'... When the "nations at large" decided to leave it unclaimed, they thought that it had no value whatsoever and that it would make good nuetral land. And now that they've discovered oil/realised it has some value, they are all now rushing to claim it. Same with the moon. What will the micronationalists and Dennis Hope do now? EDIT: If people need to find coordinates for certain locations and aren't sure how to, I've found a website that works as an easy option. You move the pin on Google Maps, it gives you the location of the pin. pagesperso-orange.fr/universimmedia/geo/loc.htmAlso, may I suggest adding Bokonton to the map, if possible? The coordinates are; Latitude 50.82725 Longitude -4.54081 And if you need any extra info, just ask.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 19:02:38 GMT 10
Bokonton has been added.
Anyone else? Lets cover the globe in colourful patchwork of micronations!
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2009 19:13:22 GMT 10
You haven't included Aerica's claim to the northern hemisphere of Pluto, or Celestia's competing claim to the entirety of Outer Space.
For shame!
Clearly this exercise is nothing less than a conspiracy against extra-terrestrial micronations! A conspiracy, I tell you!
;D
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 19:14:56 GMT 10
lol, it's a map of micronations claims on earth. Something that appears to have exploded the brains of several individuals at the MCS forum.
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2009 19:17:25 GMT 10
Ahhhhhh! Secessionist! SECESSIONIST!
Run away!
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 19:34:33 GMT 10
Something like that.
The concept of actual micronations and actual cartography seems to be too much for the Micronational Cartography Society.
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2009 19:42:28 GMT 10
To paraphrase Voltaire's observation concerning the Holy Roman Empire...
For the most part, the MCS is neither micronational, nor cartographic, nor a society.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 20:00:46 GMT 10
Gah, I just had to redraw Bo Register's British West Florida. I had drawn it around the Florida pan handle, but after reviewing his website, it seems he claims large parts of neighboring US states as well.
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Post by rtngov on Nov 22, 2009 21:41:02 GMT 10
well done, great job
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2009 22:06:21 GMT 10
The "secret" location of the Federated Commonwealth of Malatora needs to be added, somewhere off the coast of west Africa - presumably in the general vicinity of Gabon.
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2009 22:08:25 GMT 10
...as do the Independent State of Rainbow Creek, near Cowwarr, Vic, and the Duchy of Avram, in Sorrell, Tas.
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2009 22:22:31 GMT 10
Just a few more Aussie ones:
Principality of Snake Hill, near Mudgee, NSW Principality of Dubeldeka, @ Braemar Lodge, Mittagong, NSW Principality of United Oceania, near Port Stephens, NSW
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 22:38:02 GMT 10
I've added Rainbow Creek and Avram, along with a few others.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 23:14:42 GMT 10
Wow, just stumbled across this, someone has done have the job of Australian micronations for me! tripatlas.com/MicronationWell, that would be the case if every second link wasn't broken.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 22, 2009 23:25:17 GMT 10
This is fun, just trying to pinpoint the location of Snake Hill. Their PO Box is in Baulkham hills, the litigation that apparently led them to secede concerned a property in Liverpool (NSW), and by all other accounts Snake Hill Principality is a farm in Mudgee! I have NFI, I might just have to ring the number in their hotfrog entry tomorrow. On another note, they seem to be a classic example of secession as protest, possible conf invitees? If they're not too batshit of course.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 23, 2009 0:21:44 GMT 10
Just a few more Aussie ones: Principality of Snake Hill, near Mudgee, NSW Principality of Dubeldeka, @ Braemar Lodge, Mittagong, NSW Principality of United Oceania, near Port Stephens, NSW Snake Hill, United Oceania and Dubledeka added as best I can.
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Post by sogoln on Nov 23, 2009 2:09:04 GMT 10
You can find several French micronations on the Wiki for which I have given Google Map indications.
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Post by D. N. Vercáriâ on Nov 23, 2009 4:24:37 GMT 10
Recently rumours were spread that the Kingdom of Talossa is planning to stake claims on the moon and on Pluto - can someone confirm or deny these rumours?
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Post by Eoin Ursüm on Nov 23, 2009 5:39:52 GMT 10
I can say that they are not plans by any part of the government, and merely ponderings of a recently admitted citizen.
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Post by Zandrovia on Nov 23, 2009 7:14:47 GMT 10
Once we have secured a territory for Zandrovia we would happily be added...at this point all that we know is that it will be somewhere in the North far far away from the American South, lol.
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Post by George on Nov 23, 2009 8:05:40 GMT 10
Given the recent discovery of water on the Moon, I am in no doubt that in the not too distant future anyone claiming territory there will have to defend their claim against the might of People's Liberation Army.
Probability of success = zero.
Real extra-terrestrial micronationalism was and will continue to remain a fantasy.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 23, 2009 8:34:28 GMT 10
But but but... that episode of star trek... technological advance.... unlimited frontiers...
LOL.
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Post by Chas Jago on Nov 23, 2009 9:01:59 GMT 10
Rather impressive, I have PM'd you the location of Alteria on Google maps. Also can you confirm the location for the micronation of Aramonana? Because the township of Aramonana is actually further south than you have pointed out on the map. This is the location of Aramonana: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Aramoana&sll=-45.981695,170.936279&sspn=5.49682,9.876709&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Aramoana,+New+Zealand&z=15&iwloc=A
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 23, 2009 9:10:56 GMT 10
I've just added the Principality of Arbez.
The list of micronations wiki article that Sogoln put together is interesting, but are the claims made by the hotel of it literally being on the border true?
Cross referencing the hotel with google maps' rendering of the Border puts the Border a couple of hundred metres east of the hotel.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 23, 2009 9:29:18 GMT 10
That's what I get for just whacking Aramoana into google maps, right town now listed.
Keep those corrections coming!
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Post by sogoln on Nov 23, 2009 9:37:13 GMT 10
The Arbez hotel is well known for its transborder status.
Maybe Google Maps is wrong. Sometimes the borders appear a bit displaced.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Nov 23, 2009 10:07:55 GMT 10
Barnez added, prox location of Baneyest added, Basse-Chesnaie added, La Boirie added, Comborciere added.
Any other french micronations I should add?
I'll need help locating the non-english speaking micronations, so come on your Portuguese and Dutch speakers, trawl those wikis and find me some GPS coords!!
Thanks everyone for the help so far :-)
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