{"id":1813026,"date":"2023-03-03T11:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1813026"},"modified":"2023-03-03T11:28:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T16:28:22","slug":"xkcd-island-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/03\/xkcd-island-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"xkcd: ‘Island Storage’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Randall Munroe, \u201cIsland Storage,\u201d xkcd, 24 Feb 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The xkcd<\/em> from last Friday, \u201cIsland Storage<\/a>,\u201d is the most recent map-related way that Randall Munroe has hurt us in the eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The xkcd from last Friday, \u201cIsland Storage,\u201d is the most recent map-related way that Randall Munroe has hurt us in the eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[274,936,192,1379,273],"class_list":["post-1813026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-comics","tag-fun","tag-funny","tag-islands","tag-xkcd","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787473,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/07\/xkcd-on-coordinate-precision\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813026,"position":0},"title":"xkcd on Coordinate Precision","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 July 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"In Monday's xckd, Randall Munroe points out that when it comes to coordinate precision, there is such a thing as too many decimal places.","rel":"","context":"In "Navigation"","block_context":{"text":"Navigation","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/navigation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/coordinate_precision_2x.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/coordinate_precision_2x.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/coordinate_precision_2x.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/coordinate_precision_2x.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/coordinate_precision_2x.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1791423,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/xkcd-the-greenland-special\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813026,"position":1},"title":"xkcd: The Greenland Special","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"At some point, xkcd cartoonist Randall Munroe is going to put out a book focusing on his map-related cartoons, isn\u2019t he. 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