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With the organizers of the Great North Run apologizing for printing t-shirts and medals with a map of Sunderland rather than Newcastle<\/a>, the Guardian<\/em> takes the opportunity to look at recent instances of map mistakes<\/a>, from dangerous routings to a too-short marathon route to a phantom supermarket in Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the organizers of the Great North Run apologizing for printing t-shirts and medals with a map of Sunderland rather than Newcastle, the Guardian takes the opportunity to look at recent instances of map mistakes,… More<\/a><\/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":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-09-09T12:52:43+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lyfr5v3dje2s","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lyfr5v3dje2s\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiezhh3hd43wu3w7g6w3e6izqn52eaidajrr7kuzk7wgsjizo2r4p4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreialnsdb72ouy37mmkrw7ejasecpfgp7dxjmxaqd33iauswrrol23m\",\"rev\":\"3lyfr5v3mcm2s\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-map-errors","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789710,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/london-trees-pyongyang-architecture\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844954,"position":0},"title":"London Trees, Pyongyang Architecture","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Blue Crow Media, which for the past few years has published a series of maps focusing on urban architecture, sent me samples of two of their most recent maps. 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