2026-04-01 10:58 UTC
It's April Fools' Day so we thought it fitting to pay tribute to one of the greatest geographic jokes of all time.
In 1977 British newspaper The Guardian published a seven page supplement about the fictional nation of San Serriffe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Serriffe
#geoweirdness
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@opencage@en.osm.town 2026-04-01 11:06
2/ of course if fictional countries are your thing you will be aware of "Null Island" which is conveniently located at the coordinates 0,0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island We are pleased to say that our geocoding API supports searching for Null Island Here's a great article by @alan about Null Island https://stamen.com/the-many-lives-of-null-island/ #geoweirdness #nullisland
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange 2026-04-01 14:50
@opencage saw this and now have "i sot the serif, but i did not suit the deputy" stuck in loop in my head... i definitely prefer my ear worms to be sans serif...