I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall

by kafked • 5 months ago

79 15 5 months ago

kafked5• 5 months ago

The cartography industry and New Zealand have a long, complicated history.

I'm building a little map experiment where people rename places. Added a "$1 to show New Zealand" feature (if you click "No", it shows NZ for free anyway). NZ is a DLC now

empressplay• 5 months ago

That's choice, bro!

thfuran• 5 months ago

That seems close enough to fraudulent that it might run afoul of some jurisdiction’s laws pertaining to advertising.

kafked5• 5 months ago

I'm running a cutting-edge reverse scam. I aggressively threaten to charge you NZ$1, and then I just give you the product for free

defrost2• 5 months ago

The cartography industry and New Zealand have a long, complicated history.

Spot Quiz: What was uniquely complex about the New Zealand Map Grid (NZMG) prior to its replacement with the Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000) in 2001 ?

Bonus points to those that answer sans google, bing, AI chat, etc.

NB this is a fun question to chase down for those that like projections, casting, surveying, etc. and you'll know you've got it when you have it, so no need for spoilers. Also, not exactly strictly unique, just very uncommon globally, unique at at a national scale IIRC.

rich_sasha• 5 months ago

Just a guess: it doesn't align NS-EW? Being oblong but somewhat diagonal, it makes sense perhaps to have a grid that's aligned with the major axes of the landmass. Which is not aligned with compass points.

cozzyd• 5 months ago

Not again! (Is it under your bum?)

stephenlf• 5 months ago

I particularly love all the names containing “Epstein” getting redacted.

kafked5• 5 months ago

Thanks, this is actually a community idea that I liked and added

vmware508• 5 months ago

There was an ad built on this conspiracy. :) https://youtu.be/HynsTvRVLiI?si=Qhmm8LSztsXeWyzp

kafked5• 5 months ago

This is my favourite comment on this topic:

"In the 90s I was on the Disappearing Team for the McGillicuddy Serious Party. When we were in power my task was to go around the world erasing New Zealand from all the maps, since if no-one knew we were here, we wouldn't have to spend anything on defense or build annoying tourist traps" (c) RalphNZ

fennecbutt• 5 months ago

As a Kiwi this is great

illusive4080• 5 months ago

Can you let me name sub-areas? In some places there are unincorporated towns which aren’t showing on the map and aren’t nameable but locals would recognize and like to rename them. My entire county has 1 official city but lots of smaller areas.

kafked5• 5 months ago

I rendered this map from the OSM source with some filters so some locations could be excluded. Anyway, I can manually add any locations. Please write to me via the contact form with a list of locations to add

I put New Zealand behind a $1 paywall

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