• grue@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Because that’s not a little island; it’s the northeast chunk of Ireland. I guess it just sorts of fades away instead of showing the whole landmass because only lighthouses in Northern Ireland are within the UK.

      • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        (I’m from Ireland, I was making a little joke about being erased from the map. We have lighthouses too, and they’re even also managed by the RNLI)

        • Twitches
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          9 months ago

          Don’t you you guys get erased off maps often?

          • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            9 months ago

            Of the UK? Not as often as we’d like. This one particular circumstance it would have made sense to have a map of UK & Ireland though, as by removing land from a map of lighthouses… well, rocks rarely respect exclusive economic zones.