{"id":1832472,"date":"2024-06-28T10:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T14:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1832472"},"modified":"2024-06-28T10:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T14:14:21","slug":"xkcd-exterior-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/06\/xkcd-exterior-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"xkcd: ‘Exterior Kansas’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"xkcd:<\/a>
Randall Munroe, \u201cBad Map Projection: Exterior Kansas,\u201d xkcd<\/em>, 26 June 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the latest iteration of xkcd\u2019<\/em>s series of bad map projections, Randall puts Kansas\u2014the putative centre of the contiguous 48 states\u2014at the edge of the map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the latest iteration of xkcd\u2019s series of bad map projections, Randall puts Kansas\u2014the putative centre of the contiguous 48 states\u2014at the edge of the map.<\/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":[233],"tags":[274,936,192,1680,273],"class_list":["post-1832472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-unusual-maps","tag-comics","tag-fun","tag-funny","tag-kansas","tag-xkcd","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791423,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/xkcd-the-greenland-special\/","url_meta":{"origin":1832472,"position":0},"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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