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  • @JayForeman
    @JayForeman  5 лет назад +5417

    If you want to support Map Men without paying a penny, please click on the free link in the description for 30 days of Dashlane Premium. Thanks so much! :)

    • @kiradotee
      @kiradotee 5 лет назад +34

      love you son

    • @remusritiu7510
      @remusritiu7510 5 лет назад +14

      What if you already have dashlane?

    • @remusritiu7510
      @remusritiu7510 5 лет назад +5

      Why did this get weird?

    • @nightavenger375
      @nightavenger375 5 лет назад +17

      Hey I saw you irl Jay

    • @AtaGunZ
      @AtaGunZ 5 лет назад +6

      You forgot to say what us pennybags should do (You forgot to put your patreon link)

  • @PikarinePlays
    @PikarinePlays 5 лет назад +13280

    Ahh the age old RUclips beef between Jay Foreman and Geography Now

    • @hndrk9186
      @hndrk9186 5 лет назад +470

      They know eachother?

    • @indelibleink5577
      @indelibleink5577 5 лет назад +963

      @@hndrk9186 yeah jay and barbs met each other and did a livestream once

    • @DotRD12
      @DotRD12 5 лет назад +186

      Draco Malfoy they did a livestream Q&A together a while back.

    • @Huntracony
      @Huntracony 5 лет назад +31

      @AniMan Melayu ruclips.net/video/OQkRfmBvER0/видео.html

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  5 лет назад +3394

      Barbs didn't knowingly steal that map from me. Watch the video in the description where he and I sit on a park bench and have a good laugh about it.

  • @bartholomewdan
    @bartholomewdan 5 лет назад +5784

    I must be dreaming. 2 Map Men episodes in a year!? What is this?

    • @vladbesedovskyy826
      @vladbesedovskyy826 5 лет назад +22

      Bartholomew Dan Christmas

    • @Rainaman-
      @Rainaman- 5 лет назад +67

      2 map men episodes in a year AND a talking horse? 2019 so far so good.

    • @bartholomewdan
      @bartholomewdan 5 лет назад +22

      @@Rainaman- Technology is advancing by the day

    • @paradonym
      @paradonym 5 лет назад +11

      Support him on Patreon for that...

    • @iamdmc
      @iamdmc 5 лет назад +5

      Must be the year before a leap year

  • @DylanDoesStuff1
    @DylanDoesStuff1 2 года назад +3296

    On most maps, there’s an entire state called “Wyoming” when really it’s just a giant square lake.

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 2 года назад +165

      I took a swim in Wyoming, broke my spine, hard water

    • @waffle9180
      @waffle9180 2 года назад +12

      @@screamsinrussian5773 your spine broke bc Wyoming DOES exist

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 2 года назад +76

      @@waffle9180 no way, how

    • @Scrimletsdad
      @Scrimletsdad 2 года назад +56

      @@waffle9180 yeah it exists that’s what OP said, it’s a lake

    • @oppositeswitzerland1058
      @oppositeswitzerland1058 2 года назад +23

      @@waffle9180 yeah it does because it’s a lake

  • @CheesybiscuitStudios
    @CheesybiscuitStudios 3 года назад +2185

    I used to be a postman for three years, and during my service there was one particular trap place that I would get post for. Because while number 15 and 17 were still on the square, 16 had been demolished years prior and replaced by a playground. However a lot of maps still featured the address to be next to the entrance of the playground eventhough that was a privately owned garage. This wouldn't have been a problem if it weren't for the dozens of people who either used to live at number 16 but are now long dead or used it as a dummy address to send unwanted mail to. I have had plenty of arguments with my former employer over this, because in his mind Google says number 16 exists and Google cannot possibly be wrong.

    • @metal87power
      @metal87power 2 года назад +93

      I'm a postman too and I find the same fake or wrong addresses even based on on-line maps. There are numbers of buildings in the middle of the streets and such. The real problem is that the number of real buildings increases and number of postmen doesn't.

    • @cerneuffington2656
      @cerneuffington2656 2 года назад +25

      I'd just slip the letters underneath the garage door.☺

    • @BlareWolfgang
      @BlareWolfgang 2 года назад +16

      Only three years? Was it only that long because your boss made you go… postal? 😬😬😬

    • @CheesybiscuitStudios
      @CheesybiscuitStudios 2 года назад +17

      ​@@BlareWolfgang no, it was because the company I worked for was on the verge of bankruptcy and got bought out by a competitor. Contract negotiations between me and the other company didn't go well and the work environment wasn't too great as well so after two weeks we parted ways.

    • @evathegrand
      @evathegrand 2 года назад +2

      haha waar was dat?

  • @tlam3028
    @tlam3028 5 лет назад +6552

    Google actually made an entire fake continent called “Australia” in order to catch map thieves. Very interesting

    • @sebastienbienfait1226
      @sebastienbienfait1226 5 лет назад +129

      I thought it was Finland that didn't exist

    • @egilsandnes9637
      @egilsandnes9637 5 лет назад +436

      Oh, Finland exists for sure. You see, I went to Finland once. I even petted one of their kangaroos.

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 5 лет назад +77

      Some reason Denmark also exist in that map

    • @CallingSkoot
      @CallingSkoot 5 лет назад +18

      @@fulcrum2951 ISP Gang rise up

    • @edgoncalves9041
      @edgoncalves9041 5 лет назад +20

      Why does everybody hate Australia?

  • @andreassavvides6552
    @andreassavvides6552 4 года назад +2054

    3:00 X axis: business
    Y axis: business
    Conclusion: If business goes up, then business goes up

  • @yewenyi
    @yewenyi Год назад +310

    One of the map companies put in a fake bridge near where we lived. It was a real pain. We had to explain to people that the bridge which was in a really convenient place didn’t exist so that they would come the right way.

    • @MaeLSTRoM1997
      @MaeLSTRoM1997 8 месяцев назад +15

      don't

    • @princeoftonga
      @princeoftonga 8 месяцев назад +12

      @@MaeLSTRoM1997 don’t

    • @kiwigaming09
      @kiwigaming09 7 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@princeoftongadon't

    • @SioxerNikita
      @SioxerNikita 6 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@kiwigaming09don't

    • @abclop99
      @abclop99 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@SioxerNikita don't

  • @itsjustme8278
    @itsjustme8278 3 года назад +392

    I love thinking about these two very intelligent men going "we should hiss at each other"

  • @subinmdr
    @subinmdr 5 лет назад +3172

    Only channel that puts 2 minute ad in a 6 minute video and I'm okay with it

  • @UtsukShah9
    @UtsukShah9 4 года назад +5498

    Geography Now copied your map, so you copied his outro! hahaha. very nice.

    • @Kromiball
      @Kromiball 3 года назад +57

      10 months ago, 460 likes and no replies?

    • @grekiki
      @grekiki 3 года назад +36

      Let's change that

    • @iamarchibald
      @iamarchibald 3 года назад +9

      @@Kromiball lol for me it's 420

    • @valentine9224
      @valentine9224 3 года назад

      Kromiball there’s only 447 likes as far as I can see

    • @chibuikeohiagbaji3257
      @chibuikeohiagbaji3257 3 года назад

      471

  • @CuriouserArchive
    @CuriouserArchive 9 месяцев назад +38

    I had a bit of an obsession with maps for some time when I was a kid, and I noticed a nonexistent "Bates Street" shown on a certain map in a neighborhood not far from where I lived. I assumed as a kid that this was a street that had existed in the past but was no more, but I had actually found a trap street.

  • @VessyStag
    @VessyStag 3 года назад +653

    I worked in this field for years and I can assure you, everybody was stealing from every source they were able to put their hands on.
    Since the rise of OS and Google Maps everybody started to copy from there, assuming their maps are the most accurate. Boy, were we wrong! :D

    • @MinifigJez
      @MinifigJez 3 года назад +141

      You worked in a field?
      Was that because an inaccurate map said that it wasn't a field, but an office building instead?

    • @VessyStag
      @VessyStag 3 года назад +21

      @@MinifigJez Lol :D :D :D

    • @kets4443
      @kets4443 3 года назад +32

      @@MinifigJez She worked in Argleton.

    • @Otek_Nr.3
      @Otek_Nr.3 2 года назад +3

      I know this is a year old comment, but could you specify what you mean by "in this field"? Modern day cartography sounds like an interesting topic!

    • @VessyStag
      @VessyStag 2 года назад +24

      @@Otek_Nr.3 Sure it is an interesting topic, but OS and Googe maps killed it, more or less :(
      And "in this field" (in my case) meant enriching and upgrading urban's maps and addresses DB, so when you type "street X, No 16", to be located precisely there, with a beautifully drawn outline of the building you are searching for.
      Ah, good times

  • @Ayylmao2437
    @Ayylmao2437 5 лет назад +1805

    Is map men making a comeback?

    • @Colteor7761
      @Colteor7761 5 лет назад +49

      I hope so

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 5 лет назад +24

      Dear lord please let it be so

    • @Huntracony
      @Huntracony 5 лет назад +26

      It's here, isn't it?

    • @Russell_Jackson
      @Russell_Jackson 5 лет назад +31

      I think jay previously said that its a series he likes to do, it just takes a while to research and film so they do it in a few episode chunks

    • @ashleyteece4237
      @ashleyteece4237 5 лет назад

      I sure hope so

  • @pandabear4565
    @pandabear4565 4 года назад +2687

    Erb: map men vs Geography now

  • @robmckennie4203
    @robmckennie4203 3 года назад +120

    any time i'm sharing my list of trap streets and paper towns i always include some real ones, to trip up anyone trying to steal my list

    • @kets4443
      @kets4443 3 года назад +6

      Include the real road of Blore Road, Ashbourne. It doesn't appear on Google Maps yet Apple Maps has it.

    • @danieledwards8695
      @danieledwards8695 Год назад +1

      @kets The road does exist, I’ve been there, it just isn’t called blore road.

  • @shievapretty7463
    @shievapretty7463 Год назад +105

    I'm not sure why, but "Jay, why are there countries in my cereal‽" and "Finland tastes great" always make me laugh. You two are amazing comedians.

    • @Cenn_Devel
      @Cenn_Devel Год назад +2

      I heard “Greenland tastes great” but okay yes.

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer Год назад +10

      Loving the use of the interrobang!

    • @dezcubing5844
      @dezcubing5844 2 месяца назад +1

      And jay saying he keeps marks passwords

  • @parallel9201
    @parallel9201 5 лет назад +1281

    Please don't leave us for another unspecified period of time. We need your wit more than ever.

    • @ruthenium6648
      @ruthenium6648 5 лет назад +10

      Parallel don't blame him, he has a life too. Stop pressuring people you know nothing about.

    • @DAndyLord
      @DAndyLord 5 лет назад +42

      @@ruthenium6648 Stop pressuring Parallel to stop pressuring the Map Men, Parallel has a life you know nothing about.

    • @iamdmc
      @iamdmc 5 лет назад

      whit
      whit
      whit

    • @thommylicious
      @thommylicious 5 лет назад +5

      @@DAndyLord Stop pressuring Ru to stop pressuring Paralell, nobody has a life you know nothing about.

    • @parallel9201
      @parallel9201 5 лет назад +1

      @@iamdmc If you're trying to correct my spelling I can assure you that "whit" means something different

  • @atinofspam3433
    @atinofspam3433 4 года назад +2529

    "No map is right, no map is wrong, and all map is map"
    - Cartographers Prayers

    • @scsutton1
      @scsutton1 4 года назад +8

      Amen.

    • @harrylamont6007
      @harrylamont6007 4 года назад

      Nice pfp! What’s your favourite album

    • @BenLynch1
      @BenLynch1 4 года назад

      meanwhile on top 20 quotes of all time

    • @kaedenbak4441
      @kaedenbak4441 4 года назад +3

      All map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map is map

    • @kingdomofgreatbritain4487
      @kingdomofgreatbritain4487 3 года назад

      That’s facts

  • @tad2021
    @tad2021 2 года назад +249

    Fun fact: Microsoft conveniently cataloged a lot of trap streets from multiple map data sources across the centuries in to one easy to accessed source, they call it Bing Maps. They even made an aap that will let you plan fictional trips across this alternate universe.

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 2 года назад +1

      does Ukraine really exist

    • @artifactU
      @artifactU 7 месяцев назад

      xD

    • @D3__
      @D3__ 5 месяцев назад +1

      Soon, not anymore

    • @SomeRando5370
      @SomeRando5370 4 месяца назад +1

      Bing maps is actually really good, idk what all the hate is about it. Its honestly just as good, if not better than google maps.

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Месяц назад

      Likewise you can just cross reference multiple sources to weed out the fake anomalies.

  • @aquafyre99
    @aquafyre99 3 года назад +45

    Trap streets were an UTTER PAIN IN THE ASS while I worked for the Postal Service, as apparently nobody bothered to properly think through using intentionally inaccurate maps for bloody DELIVERY ROUTING.

  • @madisonh4239
    @madisonh4239 5 лет назад +806

    4:08 The numbers next to the countries are (approximately) their population in millions. What a great little detail :)

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 5 лет назад +23

      Great spot! I wondered if there was a significance to the numbers.

    • @mbirth
      @mbirth 5 лет назад +31

      How else are you supposed to remember the passwords?

    • @theeraphatsunthornwit6266
      @theeraphatsunthornwit6266 5 лет назад +24

      Next year population will increase, and he wont be able to access jis account

    • @manhoosnick
      @manhoosnick 5 лет назад +3

      @Proud Bangladeshi গর্বিত বাংলাদেশী you stinky fish

    • @JoaoPessoa86
      @JoaoPessoa86 5 лет назад

      Is that why it's not Canada36?

  • @kinnai8334
    @kinnai8334 5 лет назад +654

    Ahhh Jay Foreman, the only channel where I tolerate a video that is literally 1/3 sponsorship...

    • @goodmoriarty5457
      @goodmoriarty5457 5 лет назад +3

      And jacksfilms

    • @goodmoriarty5457
      @goodmoriarty5457 5 лет назад +37

      @CowsRus dude, they need the ads to run their channels, they need to spend their time researching,editing,scripting, and filming the video and it took a really huge amount of your times when it's done only by a couple of people or if Jay considered to work by himself, if he rely on his current job to cover his own cost of living, it's basically a slavery because they have so little time to rest, that's why the ad is so important to him, his videos weren't just about random videos with lousy gags and all that shit, his videos were really informative and it took most of your creativity and passion to do it so i respect them for it

    • @runarandersen878
      @runarandersen878 5 лет назад +1

      Mee too. I don’t hate his sponsor as much as I hate Skillshare. They are really annoying.

    • @yusufgazi7
      @yusufgazi7 5 лет назад +1

      Good Moriarty
      Cringey guy

    • @abijo5052
      @abijo5052 5 лет назад +12

      @CowsRus Eh. I think it's pretty clear when the ad is starting. They need ads to keep the channel alive, especially for a channel that does well researched stuff so takes a long time to make each video. And at least they turn it into a pretty funny skit - that takes effort too

  • @gendertoads
    @gendertoads 3 года назад +71

    whenever i’m in a dark moment i hope god puts a little bar at the bottom of my vision that says “stay tuned for the silly joke at the end”

  • @gavla3550
    @gavla3550 2 года назад +77

    We had a "Handbook" of our local area, with businesses and such, in the middle was a map. They'd spelt a road Perton, which should of been Purton. I even contacted them about the mistake. Now I understand why they didn't reply to my email. 😅

  • @MZmuda5
    @MZmuda5 5 лет назад +506

    I live on a trap street. I live on Cathedral **AVENUE**, but Google thinks I live on Cathedral **STREET**. No wonder my pizzas are always late.

    • @AshArAis
      @AshArAis 5 лет назад +17

      @Bombeast That's a trap rule :(

    • @projectms205
      @projectms205 4 года назад +19

      Don't Don't Don't Don't Don't Don't Thanks Don't

    • @Demiglitch
      @Demiglitch 4 года назад +7

      Holy shit, I just realised that I used to live on one as well. I just thought everyone was a fuck up.

    • @raphaelmorgan2307
      @raphaelmorgan2307 4 года назад +1

      wait so thats on purpose?

    • @TheBlackSkimmer
      @TheBlackSkimmer 4 года назад +2

      I live on a trap street. Google refuses to add it to Google maps.

  • @osiand9328
    @osiand9328 5 лет назад +655

    According to some maps I've seen there's a place called "The Midlands"

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 5 лет назад +24

      According to some maps I've seen there's land north of Watford Gap.

    • @colin_throws
      @colin_throws 5 лет назад +68

      Mahogany mahogany

    • @olympusxi8436
      @olympusxi8436 5 лет назад +34

      One time I saw a map with a thing to the west called Wales. It must have been a fictional map.

    • @Fluteboy
      @Fluteboy 5 лет назад +11

      Hep! Hep! Hep! Hep! Hep!

    • @Cpr1234
      @Cpr1234 5 лет назад

      bim bim bim

  • @mozata6838
    @mozata6838 2 года назад +18

    2:33 "I love how recent that is"

  • @Grundini91
    @Grundini91 4 года назад +18

    Back in the 90s a map maker noticed that one of the larger companies was stealing his maps so he set out to prove it. In Syracuse, NY he added Beatosu St. coming off Adams St. between McBride St and Interstate 81. It worked. The big company got caught. In reality where Beatosu St. was supposed to be was a footpath going through the backyard of a townhouse complex.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 года назад +6

      Deleted scene from Map Men 8 ruclips.net/video/BJwb2KsZGtE/видео.html

    • @MaeLSTRoM1997
      @MaeLSTRoM1997 8 месяцев назад

      @@JayForeman don't

  • @joshualontoc4465
    @joshualontoc4465 5 лет назад +1781

    "My girlfriend doesn't exist"
    Is this like, a personal attack or something?

    • @pastas.stabalot
      @pastas.stabalot 4 года назад +12

      Are you lesbian? *Or you're just a weeb that has fallen in love with the anime female human picture?*

    • @JYMAHJAMES
      @JYMAHJAMES 4 года назад +2

      @@pastas.stabalot 💀💀

    • @xanpagebrown
      @xanpagebrown 4 года назад +9

      HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    • @thunderturbine8860
      @thunderturbine8860 3 года назад

      I thought so as well lol 😂

    • @QuarioQuario54321
      @QuarioQuario54321 3 года назад

      Maybe he’s gay

  • @justaguycalledjosh
    @justaguycalledjosh 5 лет назад +2253

    "Ha! my girlfriend doesn't exist! it never has it never will!"
    I don't think I've ever heard a more depressing sentence.

    • @BTG07
      @BTG07 5 лет назад +16

      Joshua Waite /meirl

    • @AshleyMonck69
      @AshleyMonck69 5 лет назад +53

      Google maps: ‘300 people have been here’

    • @jblakeplays2541
      @jblakeplays2541 5 лет назад +5

      But yet, it's never been more true

    • @CaeserOct
      @CaeserOct 5 лет назад +35

      The good news is he’s gay and has a wonderful boyfriend!

    • @jblakeplays2541
      @jblakeplays2541 5 лет назад +1

      @@CaeserOct Really?

  • @peopleperson
    @peopleperson 3 года назад +46

    1:18 it felt like Jay was seconds away from laughing his ass off

  • @doubleoof7907
    @doubleoof7907 4 года назад +3192

    I know one:
    In China, there exists a nonexistent place called “Tianamen Square”.
    /s

    • @approximateCognition
      @approximateCognition 4 года назад +58

      Oof

    • @khomypigeon
      @khomypigeon 4 года назад +163

      Don’t - Don’t - Don’t - Don’t - Don’t - Don’t - Thanks - Don’t.

    • @dielegende9141
      @dielegende9141 4 года назад +257

      Oh, the Tian'anmen Square does exist, it's the biggest square in any city on Earth! Next to it are the Chinese Parliament (the biggest in the world!), the Forbidden City, which was the home of the Chinese emperors until the glorious revolution, and the mausoleum of the Great Honourable Chairman Mao! I don't know if anything ever happened on the square, though. Especially 1989, which is a perfectly normal year, right between 1988 and 1990, was particularly uneventful there.

    • @liquicitizendirk2147
      @liquicitizendirk2147 4 года назад +125

      @@dielegende9141 a few students should be send to the square to investigate this issue!

    • @guidemeChrist
      @guidemeChrist 4 года назад +29

      You should actually look into what happened over there. The recorded chain of events doesn't follow the conspiracy theory spread by imperialist media forces, and the myth that China says "nothing happened" isn't true either.

  • @aitchpea6011
    @aitchpea6011 5 лет назад +2781

    Oh hey, turns out these are Jay's actual passwords. I was going to rob him but he's quite a bit overdrawn at the bank, so I put a tenner in there for him instead.

    • @galfinsp7216
      @galfinsp7216 4 года назад +55

      Harry Potter 😐 the nicest “hacker” in the world

    • @cunijoeme
      @cunijoeme 4 года назад +24

      @@galfinsp7216 some say he, isnt realy called harry potter. and that his favotare broom is the ferrari 458 italia

    • @alaskagyal
      @alaskagyal 4 года назад +50

      50% sure this is false, 50% sure this is real

    • @yusuf-5531
      @yusuf-5531 4 года назад +11

      Think I'll help myself to that tenner

    • @nishatsultanachowdhury5408
      @nishatsultanachowdhury5408 4 года назад +3

      444 likes and 4 comments
      Sorry it's 5 comments now
      And 445 likes

  • @overthecounterbeanie
    @overthecounterbeanie 5 лет назад +2427

    Others: Tati vs James Charles
    Me: Map Men vs Geography Now

    • @johnc916
      @johnc916 5 лет назад +3

      Lol

    • @glifosfato
      @glifosfato 5 лет назад +77

      geography now is basic info taken from Wikipedia that anyone with more than a passing interest in the subject already knows, with pretty graphics. dumbed down content for Americans, children and women

    • @overthecounterbeanie
      @overthecounterbeanie 5 лет назад +23

      @@glifosfato wow, savage! true, but savage.

    • @casey4648
      @casey4648 5 лет назад +83

      Glifosfato incredibly sexist and xenophobic. Geography now is a good channel for those who have an interest in geography and try to increase your knowledge.

    • @flubadubdubthegreat1272
      @flubadubdubthegreat1272 5 лет назад +29

      @@casey4648 he's a troll, or perhaps a total piece of shit

  • @alexbunn1905
    @alexbunn1905 3 года назад +13

    I came across a trap street on strava today. I went on a walk from my university and was going to use the street on the map to go from the beach back to the main road but all I found was a field, which was fine until I found a spur off a river through the field so I had to go back
    The street was literally called “avenue of abstinence” in welsh

  • @groovidex7281
    @groovidex7281 2 года назад +8

    the text box at 2:02 is soooooooo clever

  • @Phlebas
    @Phlebas 5 лет назад +1500

    I work a lot on backroads in northern British Columbia; it's pretty common to find roads on the map that don't exist. Of course, this probably has more to do with the fact that a lot of old forestry roads get decommissioned after use.
    Though a funny anecdote, I was driving out to a project and had a new-to-the-job passenger doing the navigating. "So... we hang a left on the 800 Road and that should take us straight to the project," he says. I drive up and down, looking for the 800 Road and finally ask to see the map. He was looking at an elevation line. 800 m asl.

    • @adamlea6339
      @adamlea6339 4 года назад +59

      Ha ha, on a car touring holiday in Scotland, my mother tried to work out where we were using a road map combined with the road signs. She once admitted to trying to find a place on the map called stone chippings.

    • @Zerbey
      @Zerbey 2 года назад +17

      Closer to Jay's neck of the woods, it's a bit of a local sport in my native Lincolnshire to give directions using places that haven't existed for decades. I've had to help many a baffled tourist asking for a pub that was knocked down in the 1950s.

    • @jimc.goodfellas226
      @jimc.goodfellas226 2 года назад

      Whoops

    • @rhiiazami
      @rhiiazami 2 года назад +11

      @@Zerbey That's a thing where I'm from too. We would use a store that hadn't existed for 30 years as a landmark. Locals all knew it, even those of us who were too young to remember it, but non-locals, the poor things, were so confused.

    • @billneo
      @billneo Год назад

      ROFL

  • @zacharymohammadi
    @zacharymohammadi 5 лет назад +1230

    “my girlfriend doesn’t exist it never has and never will” oof

  • @ethanmathiason8770
    @ethanmathiason8770 3 года назад +10

    This is just like in Paper Towns by John Green. They even have the Agloe reference :)

  • @watson956
    @watson956 3 года назад +15

    3:58 Don't.

  • @EdJonesVideos
    @EdJonesVideos 5 лет назад +604

    Jay Foreman and Geography Now is the only RUclips drama I care for

    • @Allanbuzzy
      @Allanbuzzy 5 лет назад

      @@zachv Ouch, 1 in a half years.

    • @theseventhgear4475
      @theseventhgear4475 5 лет назад +1

      This episode has been in the works for 2 years now.

  • @antred11
    @antred11 5 лет назад +644

    Here in Germany, one very famous map trap is the city of Bielefeld, but nobody falls for that anymore ...

    • @gymnasiast90
      @gymnasiast90 5 лет назад +26

      Yeah, all those gullible people believing it exists... ;)

    • @myfbusters
      @myfbusters 5 лет назад +43

      B.I.E.L.E.F.E.L.D. = Bunker In der Einöde zwischen Lübeck und Essen Für gEheimdienstLer und reptiloiDe

    • @no1fanofthepals
      @no1fanofthepals 5 лет назад +4

      @@myfbusters please can you translate i dont speak german

    • @omercan108
      @omercan108 5 лет назад +64

      Omg. Is that a meme in Germany saying like Bielefeld doesn't exist? Like "Nobody knows anyone from Bielefeld." or "Government does secret projects in so called Bielefeld." Cause if it is we Turks kında stole that meme lol. We say "Bilecik doesn't exist" it sounds like Bielefeld too. "I was diving and the sign said 'Bilecik in 10' then it said 'Bilecik in 5' but then it said 'Bilecik in 10' again." etc.

    • @noergelstein
      @noergelstein 5 лет назад +34

      @@no1fanofthepals It says "Bunker in the wasteland between Lübeck and Essen (two more cities) for the intelligence and reptilians."

  • @Ulfcytel
    @Ulfcytel 2 года назад +6

    The interesting thing about the Whitfield Road example is that there is no road there now, but there used to be. Presumably named after the nearby Whitfield's Mound (as marked on the 1915 1:25,000 map), where George Whitefield used to preach to huge crowds.
    p.s. Love this channel.

  • @KomodoDragonLover
    @KomodoDragonLover Год назад +20

    0:11 Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

  • @WakiTheCroc
    @WakiTheCroc 5 лет назад +757

    Ooh, another Map Men? You do spoil us, Jay.

  • @rchaffer
    @rchaffer 5 лет назад +730

    Apparently it only takes 5 minutes and 59 seconds to transform a bad day into a great day.

    • @ThePainkiller9995
      @ThePainkiller9995 5 лет назад +12

      Yup, that's about how long it takes me to smoke enough heroin to get me high

    • @fish4225
      @fish4225 4 года назад +1

      You're kind of implying your day was terrible until the video ended.

    • @makinishikino7410
      @makinishikino7410 4 года назад

      4 minutes and 4 seconds you mean

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 2 года назад

      Correction: 1 minute and 55 seconds

  • @circleubuntu
    @circleubuntu 3 года назад +7

    "WHY ARE THERE COUNTRIES IN MY CEREAL"
    "Well those are my *passwords* "

  • @cerea1killer55
    @cerea1killer55 3 года назад +17

    Did you just call me snookums? 1:05

    • @Zachyshows
      @Zachyshows 7 месяцев назад +2

      Trap streets are unique and deliberately wrong little details designed to cause no problem to the map user

    • @lucasseakins8920
      @lucasseakins8920 5 месяцев назад

      But a big problem for anyone trying to copy it

    • @suchanyasakhiranrat8932
      @suchanyasakhiranrat8932 2 месяца назад

      Sometimes the cartographer will make a road more bendy.

    • @underpussy_
      @underpussy_ Месяц назад

      or they'll deliberately spell one or the names wrong!

    • @user-hh1it7rf2n
      @user-hh1it7rf2n Месяц назад

      Or they will deliberately spell one of the names wrong

  • @awesomeanime8533
    @awesomeanime8533 4 года назад +729

    I'm kinda surprised that no one pointed out that the 36 is holding a knife @ around 3:36.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 года назад +438

      In the 7 months since we uploaded this, you are the first and only person to notice this!

    • @awesomeanime8533
      @awesomeanime8533 4 года назад +79

      @@JayForeman Wow! I'm actually amazed that I'm the first and only person to notice. I think I expected there to have been some sort of joke about it, like one of you noticed and screamed.

    • @nickeman132
      @nickeman132 4 года назад +6

      Woah

    • @PGATProductions
      @PGATProductions 3 года назад +15

      3:36 again

    • @ryotanada
      @ryotanada 3 года назад +20

      I actually realized the 36 before, the second time they're driving... I just realized the knife after you pointed it out

  • @finnzweitname5905
    @finnzweitname5905 4 года назад +4114

    I know a map mistake. Google maps shows a nonexistent town called Bielefeld in Germany

    • @Wario512
      @Wario512 4 года назад +54

      :D

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 4 года назад +229

      the what? The hell is Bielfield? Stop speaking nonsense

    • @aaleh_04
      @aaleh_04 4 года назад +48

      You can even see it in satellite view. Wow. (jk I know the conspiracy.)

    • @averagedude6688
      @averagedude6688 4 года назад +97

      The biggest city no-one knows

    • @MHeymann
      @MHeymann 4 года назад +8

      Google cracks me up!

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson863 2 года назад +7

    Years ago I had a Vancouver, British Columbia city map which showed a "Revoucan Drive" in suburban North Vancouver. For years I tried to find this curvy residential road to explore it to no avail. I thought it was a mistake by the map maker. However, after watching this segment, I now believe it was probably a trap road.

    • @schtormm
      @schtormm 9 месяцев назад +1

      that's definitely an anagram of vancouver

    • @hensleydodson5733
      @hensleydodson5733 5 месяцев назад

      @@schtormmno V tou

  • @RUFU58
    @RUFU58 4 года назад +1

    Jay your videos are excellent. I’m binge watching them all and find them both interesting and highly entertaining. Thank you and all people involved! 👌🏻

  • @maryk.cieslak9512
    @maryk.cieslak9512 5 лет назад +783

    Every time I watch any of your vids, I'm always delighted by your perfect marriage of Monty Pythonic and Millenial humor. Keep up the good work!!

    • @purplefire2834
      @purplefire2834 4 года назад +14

      Perfect description of their style

    • @zemoxian
      @zemoxian 4 года назад +21

      I just found this channel today. I’m half expecting the Spanish Inquisition. Of course, by necessity, they’ll only show up on the other half.

    • @packratty
      @packratty Год назад +2

      @@zemoxian nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. (yer welcome)

  • @KittJT2
    @KittJT2 5 лет назад +249

    On some maps there's a giant island called "New Zealand"
    It's not on most maps, but it easily shows up on like 30-40% of world maps.

    • @catherinekilgour2563
      @catherinekilgour2563 3 года назад +6

      It's actually a group of islands rather than a single giant one but you are right that it's not on all maps. According to some maps it's slightly larger than the UK so should be on all maps - if it is real. ;-)

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад +3

      It’s actually multiple island.

    • @Not_thaawesome
      @Not_thaawesome 2 года назад +1

      There is a town in UK called New Zealand and an El Salvador in Chile
      AND A CHAD IN PAKISTAN
      [this is especially interesting because “Chahd” is 4 in Urdu so while this is not true in the slightest I like to think of it as 4-town

    • @Sel__27__27
      @Sel__27__27 2 года назад +1

      @@Not_thaawesome its actually chaar... Also here in Pune, India we have 'Sus'

  • @lavasharkandboygirl9716
    @lavasharkandboygirl9716 2 года назад +4

    I spent half an hour trying to find a trap street in Wellington, NZ because my gps INSISTED it was the only possible route

  • @BodhiPolitic
    @BodhiPolitic Год назад

    That little tune at the end? Amazing!
    And the final gag also rocked.

  • @freebeerishere
    @freebeerishere 4 года назад +178

    1:48 I just LOVE how he says “chosen at random” it’s such a small thing but so fucking funny

    • @Kebabrulle4869
      @Kebabrulle4869 3 года назад +19

      And it lets the viewer think for themself. It would’ve been a much worse joke if he said “...the name of which was chosen at random by the map’s creator Richard Ciacci. Well, maybe not random...”

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions 3 года назад +3

      It _is_ funny!

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад

      Why is it funny?

    • @markkealy4417
      @markkealy4417 2 года назад

      @@rachelcookie321 because he clearly named it after himself

  • @TauGeneration
    @TauGeneration 5 лет назад +145

    Heh, that geography now reference in the end (playing the ukulele and whistling the song)

  • @darth_yoda
    @darth_yoda Год назад +1

    Haha You two Jay are sooo funny together. I love going back to watching your map men series from time to time simple for the good chuckles at you twos interactions :P

  • @MrTurbo_
    @MrTurbo_ Год назад +1

    I go driving for fun quite often which means scouting out roads on Streetview and maps a lot and i have found quite a couple of these places, but sometimes it can be pretty annoying when there is supposed to be a road and there is just nothing

  • @OptimumPx
    @OptimumPx 5 лет назад +94

    I love how recent this is.

  • @athenap.1081
    @athenap.1081 5 лет назад +189

    O o f, that end 'cover' of Geography Now's theme song is perfect.

    • @ikas000
      @ikas000 5 лет назад +1

      Nai, einai gia ton potso

  • @glory_1412
    @glory_1412 3 года назад

    I need more of your videos. Absolutely love them!

  • @Panda256
    @Panda256 4 года назад +5

    There's a trap street near me that's supposed to be a shortcut under the freeway, and I nearly lost my mind trying to find this awesome shortcut before realizing that it doesn't exist. Thanks, Google Maps!

  • @BoBPlayGamesTV
    @BoBPlayGamesTV 4 года назад +99

    google maps has one "error" that actually helps me sometimes. There's small village/city/town (who knows) that doesn't exist but when you type it it shows my home. I don't have to type my adress when I want to know how far I have to somewhere. Stupid? Yes. Useless? Obviously. I like it? Indeed

    • @70sman
      @70sman 3 года назад +14

      I wish I knew what town that was but you obviously can't tell me what it is

    • @okate251
      @okate251 3 года назад +16

      My driveway is apparently a street with quite a pretty name. Helps less, but I like the idea that the pavement is anthropomorphic and has her own name.

    • @josephbrennan9712
      @josephbrennan9712 3 года назад +1

      Hotel? Trivago

    • @anmoldhingra4585
      @anmoldhingra4585 3 года назад

      Is it called who knows

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 2 года назад +1

      Was about to ask what the town was, then I remembered that it leads to your house.

  • @nsoper19
    @nsoper19 5 лет назад +79

    When I was in primary school we were drawing maps of the local area. We found two roads that were mixed up. Both in each others place. We contacted them about the mistake and they said it was a trap but they changed it for us and presumably put a trap somewhere else.

  • @kalkuttadrop6371
    @kalkuttadrop6371 19 дней назад +1

    There are actually trailer houses and mobile homes at the exact spot where Agloe was on that map. They associate with the Roscoe-Rockland town despite being outside of their city limits by 300 feet and a full 100 feet before the welcome sign.

  • @EMurph42
    @EMurph42 3 года назад +1

    I’ve watched this quite a few times with out noticing the extra 36 hidden in the tour. Very cool, I love noticing little but funny things.

  • @meganox937
    @meganox937 5 лет назад +449

    _"Finland tastes great."_
    - Soviet Union, 1940 before puking Finland out

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 4 года назад +4

      Ruskies never conquered us.

    • @lisaanimi
      @lisaanimi 4 года назад +1

      TORILLE PERKELE

    • @wanegently
      @wanegently 4 года назад

      Osmosis Jones Doubt

    • @vistagreat9994
      @vistagreat9994 4 года назад +2

      *"Finland tastes great."*
      -Sweden for around 100 years

    • @Hairysteed
      @Hairysteed 4 года назад

      @@vistagreat9994 ...and the for rest 600 years the taste wasn't that good?
      (Finland was part of Sweden for 700 years after which it became an autonomous grand duchy of Russia for 100 years)

  • @Marco-hl6gz
    @Marco-hl6gz 4 года назад +122

    1:31 “HAHA! You stole my map
    My girlfriend doesn’t exist”

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H 3 года назад +2

    This is one of the funniest eps of Map Men. The intro, snookums, the "don't don't thanks don't", it all got audible laughs out of me 😁

  • @fuckboi_killa
    @fuckboi_killa 3 года назад +5

    Shouts to John Green for teaching me about paper towns like a decade ago

  • @steffen_of_frisia6789
    @steffen_of_frisia6789 5 лет назад +399

    I just wish Slough would be also a Fake.

    • @lucagorosito3715
      @lucagorosito3715 5 лет назад +23

      found isp

    • @TheWkc19
      @TheWkc19 5 лет назад +6

      and denmark

    • @greatwolf5372
      @greatwolf5372 5 лет назад +2

      Why is Slough so hated? Don't live in UK but see a lot of hate for Slough online.

    • @blobbem
      @blobbem 5 лет назад +6

      @@greatwolf5372 Pretty much everywhere is (sarcastically for the most part) hated, but Slough in particular is hated because it has a funny sounding name.

    • @tunatezer8902
      @tunatezer8902 5 лет назад +1

      I actually don't hate Slough lol

  • @raimundowilson2140
    @raimundowilson2140 4 года назад +591

    I found a trap in one map, there is a land mass besides sweden called finland, and we all know finland doesnt exist

    • @teemumontonen904
      @teemumontonen904 4 года назад +36

      Yes I live in "Finland" its just water and Russia

    • @zyphru1200
      @zyphru1200 3 года назад +18

      Well finland dosent exist since mark ate it

    • @pencilgaming1233
      @pencilgaming1233 3 года назад +3

      Wyoming too

    • @kingdomofgreatbritain4487
      @kingdomofgreatbritain4487 3 года назад +2

      Canada as well and the usa so many glitches in google maps nowadays

    • @sara-jc2eh
      @sara-jc2eh 3 года назад +3

      similar situation somehow theres a place called Israel?

  • @Mike-Bell
    @Mike-Bell 2 года назад +1

    Even yours ads are entertaining. I watch all the way through because you put effort into your entire video. I’m sure your sponsors love you. Well done 👍🏻

  • @ChrisMelville
    @ChrisMelville 5 месяцев назад

    2:40 - loving the Lemmings music 😊

  • @A.Tolonen
    @A.Tolonen 5 лет назад +130

    Finland! They mentioned Finland at the end! This will fuel the self-importance of us Finnish people for at least another decade.

    • @squigglycircle
      @squigglycircle 5 лет назад +10

      I'm at the Square, where the hell are you?

    • @jotainmuuta8233
      @jotainmuuta8233 5 лет назад +9

      @@squigglycircle Is it really there?? Sorry, I thought it was another map trap.
      Tapaamme pian.

    • @MephLeo
      @MephLeo 5 лет назад +5

      Which is silly, because everyone knows there's a 50% chance you guys don't exist.

    • @markmayonnaise1163
      @markmayonnaise1163 5 лет назад

      Canada in a nutshell :)

    • @64ankka
      @64ankka 5 лет назад +1

      I'm at Kuokkalan tori partying already B-)

  • @joshstead6078
    @joshstead6078 5 лет назад +31

    Every time I get lost following a map it isn't my fault, it's a deliberate mistake on the map.

  • @joshuajasper5984
    @joshuajasper5984 2 года назад

    Growing up, I spent summers in Livingston Manor, right next to Roscoe. Some fond memories of the Roscoe Diner. Never been to Agloe, though.

  • @cuddles2634
    @cuddles2634 Год назад +12

    Apple Maps shows an airport when one doesn’t exist here in my town. Good old trap features.

    • @lordkell1986
      @lordkell1986 Год назад +1

      That's just Apple Maps being Apple Maps

    • @davidstevens.7875
      @davidstevens.7875 3 месяца назад

      ​@@lordkell1986
      APPLE MAPS: *_Trolololololololololo_*_{end}_

  • @GideonGleeful95
    @GideonGleeful95 5 лет назад +67

    Fun fact: the concept of Trap Streets inspired John Green's novel of Paper Towns, another name for the fake towns in maps

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 5 лет назад +8

      Agloe, NY, as mentioned in the video, is a pretty important bit of Paper Towns too

    • @hq4287
      @hq4287 5 лет назад

      Insightful comments!

  • @marcusmilton1
    @marcusmilton1 5 лет назад +111

    The most underrated channel of RUclips award goes to....
    Jay Foreman..

  • @TalesFromTheRoad
    @TalesFromTheRoad 3 года назад

    love your videos, just great stuff

  • @Foul_Quince
    @Foul_Quince 4 года назад +7

    Wouldn't trap streets play merry hell with talking GPS maps - imagine the lugubrious yet plummy tones of Stephen Fry telling you to turn right where a road appears to be, only for you to end up in a muddy field or even worse, at Hugh Laurie's house?

  • @dragonitzgame
    @dragonitzgame 5 лет назад +28

    3:28 36! It's everywhere!

  • @73APhotography
    @73APhotography 5 лет назад +217

    Map men map men map map map men men

    • @treeaboo
      @treeaboo 5 лет назад +5

      MAP MEN MAP MEN MAP MAP MAP MEN MEN

    • @LukeAlfordUKsteam
      @LukeAlfordUKsteam 5 лет назад

      The transport guie hi

    • @filiparsovski4250
      @filiparsovski4250 5 лет назад +2

      men men men men men men men men ...

    • @MephLeo
      @MephLeo 5 лет назад +4

      Thank you for the lyrics, I wouldn't be able to figure it out without some sort of guide to it.

    • @PiousMoltar
      @PiousMoltar 5 лет назад +2

      Map men men map map men men map. Men. Map. Men.
      Map.

  • @SofaKingStupid
    @SofaKingStupid 4 года назад +1

    Rewatching this and seeing the 36 in the back of the car is great. I wonder how many more there are.

  • @amelie_lecroix1267
    @amelie_lecroix1267 3 года назад

    5:31 This area with aughton and town green is literally a 5 minute drive away from where I live XD. I'm low-key surprised that they'd use an example that I didn't know that was so close to home (literally)

  • @LechuKawaii
    @LechuKawaii 5 лет назад +129

    Tom Scott, Jay Foreman and Masaman uploaded a video today im so happy

    • @BlackfeatherTanfur
      @BlackfeatherTanfur 5 лет назад +5

      Some of the same YTers I follow. Not a coincidence, I suppose.

    • @bruhmomentum2853
      @bruhmomentum2853 5 лет назад +7

      Ah I see you're man of culture as well

    • @acumanabstractarts4482
      @acumanabstractarts4482 5 лет назад

      I know it going to be a grate well for us 2

    • @PlatineConfederatio-Argentina
      @PlatineConfederatio-Argentina 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, all the brits are on fire today

    • @sirraident
      @sirraident 5 лет назад

      Thank you for telling me that Tom uploaded a video today. My Sub box didn't tell me that despite notifications being on for his channel.

  • @deanashraf12
    @deanashraf12 5 лет назад +56

    In Rand McNally, they wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people.
    No map trap.
    Just map facts.

  • @SacrificialGoat94
    @SacrificialGoat94 3 года назад

    It's insane how you actually make adds entertaining so I purposely stay to watch them

  • @edned5504
    @edned5504 2 года назад

    Good stuff guys, and even better now that I've worked out how to skip your Map Men song at the introduction.

  • @squeezyjohn1
    @squeezyjohn1 5 лет назад +43

    The extra "men" at the end of the "map men" song makes me so happy you'll never know ... thank you for another one!

  • @Jaxymann
    @Jaxymann 5 лет назад +493

    He protecc
    He attack
    But most importantly
    He make mapp

    • @Jayfive276
      @Jayfive276 5 лет назад +4

      AHAHAHAHAHA! THE SAME MEME THAT'S ON EVERY VIDEO!!! HAHAHAHA! YOURE A GENIUS!!!! HAHAHAHA!
      Fuck. Off.

    • @NguyenNguyen-fe3gm
      @NguyenNguyen-fe3gm 5 лет назад +1

      That doesn't rhyme

    • @BrandonAzzarella
      @BrandonAzzarella 5 лет назад +8

      @@NguyenNguyen-fe3gm you don't rhyme

    • @Pt_Lacky
      @Pt_Lacky 5 лет назад +3

      Brandon Azzarella Ooooo, sick burn.

    • @LAnonHubbard
      @LAnonHubbard 5 лет назад

      @@Jayfive276 LOL!

  • @HiveOfHappenings
    @HiveOfHappenings 3 года назад +6

    The video is outwardly fantastic but I'm also going through the various translations of 'Snookums' in absolute delight.

  • @ankeuttajaespanjassa
    @ankeuttajaespanjassa 3 года назад

    Thanks guys, now I'm binge watching your content and I had to even sub

  • @repapeti98
    @repapeti98 5 лет назад +33

    I love how he almost smiled at 2:32 but kept it professional.

  • @Riotlight
    @Riotlight 4 года назад +30

    "Wait! If you can teleport why are we in a car?" LMAO

    • @deepflux
      @deepflux 3 года назад +1

      I love how comically Jay completely ignored it too!

  • @requiembeeblebroxx
    @requiembeeblebroxx 3 года назад +6

    Seeing Boulder County referenced in a context unrelated to stereotypes about recreational marijuana is very exciting