UK Weather Maps

[Doon frae Troon]

After 13 years of protest the BBC finally reinstates Scotland to it's correct size.

The IOW is no longer viewed as three times the size of Mull.


http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2...-is-flat-bbc-introduces-new-weather-graphics/

 

[NWJocko]

Proof, if any further were needed, just what pathetic/irrelevant nonsense some of us Scots can get a chip on our shoulder about!!!! :rofl:

 

[Hobbit]

Proof, if any further were needed, just what pathetic/irrelevant nonsense some of us Scots can get a chip on our shoulder about!!!! :rofl:

Yes but mine's bigger than yours:ears:

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Proof, if any further were needed, just what pathetic/irrelevant nonsense some of us Scots can get a chip on our shoulder about!!!! :rofl:

"Wee man" syndrome?

 

[tugglesf239]

The whole Atlas is incorrect. Pretty interesting wee vid this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPNrtjboISg

 

[drdel]

Once did a paper in Edinburgh. The 'theatre' had the projector low on the stage so when my maps of the UK were displayed on the screen Scotland was distorted to at least 3 times to size of the rest of the UK.

At least it made the 400 strong audience happy!!

 

[Sweep]

The whole Atlas is incorrect. Pretty interesting wee vid this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPNrtjboISg

Good video

 

[Doon frae Troon]

"Wee man" syndrome?

One wonders what the response on the South of England would have been be if the maps were in reverse.
Shetland would have been as big as Devon and Cornwall.

Interesting to see that on a cold day Lerwick and St Austell shared the same temperature.

 

[SaintHacker]

One wonders what the response on the South of England would have been be if the maps were in reverse.
Shetland would have been as big as Devon and Cornwall.

Interesting to see that on a cold day Lerwick and St Austell shared the same temperature.

I'm going to hazard a guess here and say no one would notice/give a toss

 

[CliveW]

After 13 years of protest the BBC finally reinstates Scotland to it's correct size.

The IOW is no longer viewed as three times the size of Mull.


http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2...-is-flat-bbc-introduces-new-weather-graphics/

You'll still get 80% forecast time dedicated to the Home Counties. :angry:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I'm going to hazard a guess here and say no one would notice/give a toss

Trust me they would be up in arms.

http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/27/honey-i-shrunk-the-country/

 

[NWJocko]

Trust me they would be up in arms.

http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/27/honey-i-shrunk-the-country/

:rofl: :rofl:

Thanks for proving my point Doon :thup:

This pearl of wisdom was a particular highlight in amongst the other drivel :rofl:

"so conditioned have we become by the BBC to believe that we Scots are less than we truly are"

Based on c. 4,000 complaints that were, I'd imagine, all disciples of Wings.

Brightened my day right up this, cheers :thup:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

:rofl: :rofl:

Thanks for proving my point Doon :thup:

This pearl of wisdom was a particular highlight in amongst the other drivel :rofl:

"so conditioned have we become by the BBC to believe that we Scots are less than we truly are"

Based on c. 4,000 complaints that were, I'd imagine, all disciples of Wings.

Brightened my day right up this, cheers :thup:

Are you saying that the science is incorrect. ?
Imagine the image taken by the same camera angled South/North from 40 miles north of Shetland.

Gretna to Stranrear is 100 miles look at the BBC map and compare that with London to Bath......surprising eh.

 

[Imurg]

Sweet Bejesus.....
Unless you live in or around one of the 6 or 7 cities they highlight, you have to guess what your weather's going to be - and then it'll be wrong...
Some people really have too much time on their hands and worry about things that don't really need worrying about.

Would is Englanders worry if our green and pleasant land was depicted smaller on a weather forecast than it actually is...?
I think most of us would think there are slightly more important things to worry about.

 

[chellie]

Sweet Bejesus.....
Unless you live in or around one of the 6 or 7 cities they highlight, you have to guess what your weather's going to be - and then it'll be wrong...
Some people really have too much time on their hands and worry about things that don't really need worrying about.

Would is Englanders worry if our green and pleasant land was depicted smaller on a weather forecast than it actually is...?
I think most of us would think there are slightly more important things to worry about.

:clap:

 

[NWJocko]

Are you saying that the science is incorrect. ?
Imagine the image taken by the same camera angled South/North from 40 miles north of Shetland.

Gretna to Stranrear is 100 miles look at the BBC map and compare that with London to Bath......surprising eh.

I'm absolutely not questioning the science.

I'm laughing at the pathetic overreaction to a generalised regional display on a 20 second weather report :thup:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Sweet Bejesus.....
Unless you live in or around one of the 6 or 7 cities they highlight, you have to guess what your weather's going to be - and then it'll be wrong...
Some people really have too much time on their hands and worry about things that don't really need worrying about.

Would is Englanders worry if our green and pleasant land was depicted smaller on a weather forecast than it actually is...?
I think most of us would think there are slightly more important things to worry about.

Much smaller actually.................Trust me you would all be up in arms.

Corrected map will be up in a couple of minutes.........yea..... BBC finally corrected their error.

 

[NWJocko]

Much smaller actually.................Trust me you would all be up in arms.

Corrected map will be up in a couple of minutes.........yea..... BBC finally corrected their error.

Honestly Doom trust me we wouldn't.

As I said all it does is highlight how easily us Scots get chip on our shoulder and extrapolate some crazy conclusions from it.

You should be embarrassed trying to defend it tbh

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Honestly Doom trust me we wouldn't.

As I said all it does is highlight how easily us Scots get chip on our shoulder and extrapolate some crazy conclusions from it.

You should be embarrassed trying to defend it tbh

Really....https://inews.co.uk/news/new-look-bbc-weather-obliterates-birmingham-shrinks-kent-viewers-complain/

And that is just making the scale correct.........imagine the outrage if England was reduced by a further 20% and Scotland was enlarged by 20% on the new maps

 

[Imurg]

There would be no outrage
Because we know it's just a picture to give us some idea of where it's going to be lashing it down and where it's going to be snowing..