# More Maps - Some New Perspectives. Some Duds **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334 "2021-05-03T23:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334/1 "2021-05-03T23:38:51Z")
In this “Terrible Maps” thread, I posted a link to an interesting site that showed a variety of maps. Most of them were interesting. A few of them were quite unique. Some of them were duds. It’s been many years since a link I posted proved as popular. The link below is more of the same. 30 naps which sometimes show things in an interesting new perspective - or don’t. As always, your comments, maps, corrections and blather are welcome. Old thread: > [@“Terrible Maps”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-maps/916946): > > I love this article on terrible maps. But many of them are cool, and I’ll never have trouble finding Kentucky again. New maps: > **[30 Informative Maps People Shared On This Group That Might Change Your...](https://www.boredpanda.com/people-share-interesting-maps/)** > > We can’t stop feasting our eyes on gorgeous and interesting maps, and we know that some of you Pandas can’t either. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334/2 "2021-05-03T23:42:37Z")
Maybe I shoulda known this. But I never knew Smirnoff was perhaps the most common Russian surname. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334/3 "2021-05-04T00:05:56Z")
What is that country between Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia, and British India in map #9 (c. 1910)? [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/604b84f76394a_jro06hifmik61__700.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/604b84f76394a_jro06hifmik61__700.jpg) Turkestan should be right around there… I can only make out “S?N?ANG”. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334/4 "2021-05-04T00:22:21Z")
Sinkiang, which is nowadays transliterated as Xinjiang. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334/5 "2021-05-04T00:28:25Z")
Thanks. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334/6 "2021-05-04T11:57:46Z")
Maybe Smirnov/Smirnoff is the most common family name in European Russia, but it ranks behind Ivanov, and Petrov (according to multiple sources) in overall Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-maps-some-new-perspectives-some-duds/941334/7 "2022-10-09T03:39:49Z")
More maps, marvellous and meh. > **[“Countries Where It Has Never Snowed”: 50 Fascinating New Maps That Might...](https://www.boredpanda.com/interesting-random-maps/?cexp_id=57780&cexp_var=57&_f=featured)** > > These maps might not show you where you can dig up gold in your backyard, but they will definitely teach you some fun facts about our world!