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I was just thinking about this regarding climate the other day and found this interesting graphic on climate similarities in North America.
Were they limited in colours?
More than 4 colours? In this economy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_color_theorem
I’m aware of it, but it doesn’t work on this where non-connected pieces can have the same climate.
Further the size and proximity of Scandinavia as well as the darkness and size of Ukraine make them difficult to distinguish.
Too many colors on a map looks busy, as long as none are touching with the same color then it's good. In fact, the fewest number of colors you can use without any touching is usually the best
Even suggesting that either mexico or india have a single climate is crazy to me
I don't think it's implying the boundaries are singular climates. I think it's more like "the variance of climates in this area are similar to the variance of climates in this other country". It's a bit hard to see, but there are names of cities labeled on the map as well. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but I'm inferring that Shanghai and Tokyo have similar climates to each other because they're very close on the map in NC.
Edit: They seem fairly similar?
Philly, which lies in the japan part of this map, has a real nice cherry blossom festival. Im sure it lacks in comparison to Japan at the right time of year, but still its pretty dope. And yea philly has cherry blossom trees randomly sprinkled about.
ngl that could be a real map of territories after Trump is done cutting the US up and handing out the pieces to his buddies abroad.
Trippy pic bro