Great Britain, England, United Kingdom... do you know the difference?

2 views

Skip to first unread message

Adam Lasnik

unread,

Mar 7, 2011, 8:47:25 PM3/7/11

to mappin...@googlegroups.com

Although Western Europe isn't yet editable in Map Maker, I know that lots of us are fascinated by geo-issues in general, so I thought I'd share this video with you that I recently stumbled across.

I had been quite confused about these various labels (Great Britain, England, and the UK) and so I found the video to be pretty informative :).

Jabran

unread,

Mar 7, 2011, 10:05:17 PM3/7/11

to mappin...@googlegroups.com

Oh.. See you didn't ask otherwise I could had a chance to bring my knowledge level back to 100% by telling the difference. ;) Good share..

Regards,
Jabran Rafique

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pakistan Flood Relief Support | Geography of Pakistan

On 8 March 2011 01:47, Adam Lasnik <lasni...@google.com> wrote:

Although Western Europe isn't yet editable in Map Maker, I know that lots of us are fascinated by geo-issues in general, so I thought I'd share this video with you that I recently stumbled across.

I had been quite confused about these various labels (Great Britain, England, and the UK) and so I found the video to be pretty informative :).

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coffee shop" group.
To post to this group, send email to mappin...@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mapping-misc...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mapping-misc?hl=en.

Eyad N

unread,

Mar 8, 2011, 1:55:34 AM3/8/11

to mappin...@googlegroups.com

This good information, thank you Adam.

Anas Qtiesh

unread,

Mar 8, 2011, 9:09:51 AM3/8/11

to mappin...@googlegroups.com

It felt like watching the geography version of Inception.

Thanks Adam.

Adam Lasnik

unread,

Mar 8, 2011, 6:26:59 PM3/8/11

to mappin...@googlegroups.com

Jabran, I am confident you'll have other chances to update your knowledge level :p

Eyad, Anas, glad you liked it, and Anas... that's a funny comparison! (and an apt one, when I think about it)

On a less-joking note, I can imagine that that fellow's quick patter might be difficult for non-native English speakers. I've spoken English all my life, and yet found my head getting filled up with the info from the audio faster than I could empty it!