You can be even more precise: the only function that the mercator projection fulfills perfectly is for navigating with ships (and over land for most purposes)
@@guppy719 It isn't, but it's the best compromise between being readable/usable and being accurate. The "best" maps would be conical/pseudoconical maps or the Azimuthal equidistant projection (seen from above where the southpole looks like an ice ring around the world.) Or polyhedral maps would be very precise. But those maps would be very confusing to read and navigating would be extremely hard. With the mercator projection we, simple people, can easily read the map and navigate, despite it not being accurate. Now try to navigate from Europe to the New World with the Fuller projection for example
Africa looks almost the same, its actually a bit smaller on the globe - this is because most flat maps use an equatorial type of projections ... this means the distortion is the smallest a the Equator and grows further out towards the poles, the most extreme example is Antarctica ... since Africa is relatively close to the Equator the distortion of its size is small ... and so the proportions are quite accurate ...
@@renanstpc Well most people hear about this only once or twice if at all in school and are not interested in geography enough to look up or remember such fact, as it does not really have any effect on their lives ... so its understandable ... But ibx2cat basically is all about maps so you would assume he had at least a basic idea of how projection works .....
10:00 "Kiev is beautiful, just remember that. Before it becomes, inevitably, a part of a much more brutal [and] less pretty country. Enjoy Kiev while it lasts." Hm, this is interesting to hear now. Given current events.
I always wondered how they recored the nationality of a Nobel Prize Winner cause if I remember correctly, most “American” Prize Winners are just intellectuals who moved the US.
@@scottwhitley3392 - A TON of scientists are educated and/or conduct their research in the U.S. In fact, the USA has won one or more Nobel Prizes each and every single year going back to the early 1930s (save for 3 yrs in WW2 when none were given).
13:00 Austria is so slim because Italy nicked part of it after WW1, where they speak German to this day (South Tyrol or Alto Adige). Otherwhise Austria would be a bit wider.
I like how he said the most populous country in Europe is not the larges, meanwhile Russia (technically in Europe) is the largest and the most populous (edit: spelling)
Majority of india now has a birthrate close to 2 or less than 2. Urban cities are edging closer to 1. The problem remain two states in north/central india which have a combined population of 300mn....which still have a fertitlity around 2.5 and much of our population problem is the affects of what the previous generations did 30 years ago lmao.
I've been watching toycat for a long time, and once I got into geography and world politics about two years ago now, I started watching more of 2cat. I remember when this channel has 20k subscribers
Hey! I live in the western part of Austria! And yea, my part of Austria is very well linked to germany, italy and switzerland, it takes about the same amount of time to get to those countries closer big cities like Milano or Munich etc. Convenient indeed
This is where we have that fun moment and debate whether I meant countries solely in Europe, or if the fact that a country spans 2 continents disqualifies it.
Excuse me, but I happen to love the "let's visit the McDonald's" part of every video, and that, along with the search for the world's best kebab, are integral to why I'm here
3:55 those are the 2100 UN projection which are frankly terrible. IIASA projection are much more realistic and don't just project current growth like UN does.
That population map that looks like the continents are over-inflated, or under-inflated balloons is called a cartogram. The exaggerated features (like continent, or country size) helps showcase the data set size/amount of data points.
I mean, yeah these maps may be usefull in a raising awareness but they look ugly so I can't approve. Wouldn't a colour coded map have done the same job while still preserving the ability to recognize and understand the data of all countries. Still, this is my favorite channel where we talk about the world and stuff so I guess I can deal with it;)
I remember watching the main Minecraft years ago and now I’m watching geography videos only to later make the connection, interesting to see how we grow
How about a video on twin US States that are nothing alike: Nevada/Utah, Minnesota/Wisconsin, Vermont/New Hampshire? Or twin countries that are nothing alike: North Korea/South Korea, Chile/Argentina, USA/Canada?
You are conflating 2 things: countries which are nothing alike, like North Korea/South Korea and ones which are similar but slightly more different than they should be based on the fact that they are neighbors (everything else you've mentioned). For example USA/Canada are objectively similar. You may be biased to see them as different if you are from an English-speaking country because you just have a lot of knowledge about them, so you know a lot about the differences as well. To everyone else, they are very similar. Of course I'm taking into account things that affect everyday life, like the quality of life, freedoms, etc, rather than the geography which may indeed be different, but then you may just as well talk about the geographic regions like plains, mountain ranges etc, rather than countries, which are political creatures.
I like the description of toycat membership lol. Channel supporter. Perks: Early access to stuff. Singapore level channel supporter. Perks: Feeling of emotional completeness 😭😭
7:10 I think the correlation is even simpler than that. I think the wealth was there 2000 years ago cuz that’s where the most people were. The reason there’s so many people there today is that on average the growth across the world will roughly balance out meaning that the proportion of the world that lives in India has never changed hugely.
Will we ever run out of maps? I guess never Btw what about fictional maps or historical maps would you think you can work with those? Dante's inferno Tolkien Lord of the rings map stuff like that
As of 2021 there are 59 female nobel laureates. In 1962 there were 11. So the vast majority of female laureates are in the latter part of the time window. That explains why you're seeing greater diversity of nationalities. You can pick out some specific individuals on this map. For example Central America: Rigoberta Menchu (Guatemala); South America: Gabriela Mistral (Chile). In Africa you have one laureate from South Africa (South) and two from Liberia (West) amongst others.
It's not if Europe was connected to Africa again via the strait of Gibraltar, it's a when. Africa is moving north towards Europe, that's where the Alps came from.
The most noticeable feature of the military spending map to me was Saudi Arabia. It's freaking crazy how much money flows from fossil fuel buyers through the Saudi monarchy to the military industrial complex.
The fact that the US was at least an ocean away from any of the action during ww1 and 2 is definitely an example of convenient geography for a country
nerfed spawn
Definitely… and also having neighboring allies (Canada and Mexico).
Then there’s Australia... oh, and Antarctica
@@glauberglousger6643 Australia was attacked by Japan ww2
@@vVillor Japan also had plans to attack the US... they just never got around to it
(also, it would not have been a good idea)
I respect the effort you put in to make absolutely sure that sponsors avoid you
Bruh
whys he trying to avoid them
@@VortexBH For your viewing pleasure
"enjoy kiev while it lasts"
did he just-
yes, he did.
10:03 dude predicted the future
You can be even more precise: the only function that the mercator projection fulfills perfectly is for navigating with ships (and over land for most purposes)
and its the probably the most simple way to put a globe on a flat surface.
@@guppy719 It isn't, but it's the best compromise between being readable/usable and being accurate.
The "best" maps would be conical/pseudoconical maps or the Azimuthal equidistant projection (seen from above where the southpole looks like an ice ring around the world.) Or polyhedral maps would be very precise.
But those maps would be very confusing to read and navigating would be extremely hard. With the mercator projection we, simple people, can easily read the map and navigate, despite it not being accurate. Now try to navigate from Europe to the New World with the Fuller projection for example
@pyropulse the idea of a map not preserving direction is hurting my brain it's like what's the point
Africa looks almost the same, its actually a bit smaller on the globe - this is because most flat maps use an equatorial type of projections ... this means the distortion is the smallest a the Equator and grows further out towards the poles, the most extreme example is Antarctica ... since Africa is relatively close to the Equator the distortion of its size is small ... and so the proportions are quite accurate ...
Danggg you’re good..
I thought this was kinda obivous, but by the number of likes you got, maybe a lot people didn't know.
@@renanstpc Well most people hear about this only once or twice if at all in school and are not interested in geography enough to look up or remember such fact, as it does not really have any effect on their lives ... so its understandable ...
But ibx2cat basically is all about maps so you would assume he had at least a basic idea of how projection works .....
Legend says only a specific amount of people know what happened with the 1st upload of this video
I want answers........
About 2000 peoples saw the original upload
Silence
Somehow the wrong video file got more views in the first 30 minutes than this one lol
"America loves guns but they love McDonalds more" -Some poet
10:00
"Kiev is beautiful, just remember that. Before it becomes, inevitably, a part of a much more brutal [and] less pretty country. Enjoy Kiev while it lasts."
Hm, this is interesting to hear now. Given current events.
I always wondered how they recored the nationality of a Nobel Prize Winner cause if I remember correctly, most “American” Prize Winners are just intellectuals who moved the US.
Oh hello MrAsianPie
Yeah. Imo scientific achievements should be credited to where the scientist was educated.
It would be moore interesting to see the science prices only, most of the prices outside Europe and USA are peace and litterature.
@@scottwhitley3392 - A TON of scientists are educated and/or conduct their research in the U.S. In fact, the USA has won one or more Nobel Prizes each and every single year going back to the early 1930s (save for 3 yrs in WW2 when none were given).
@@SilvanaDil there’s still a massive amount credited to the US even though the scientists were born and educated in Europe.
13:00 Austria is so slim because Italy nicked part of it after WW1, where they speak German to this day (South Tyrol or Alto Adige). Otherwhise Austria would be a bit wider.
could be a lot less slim if they did the Anschluss.
@@sizanogreen9900 I wish
Italy and bulgaria gained land in WW2 even after losing
@@gytoser801 Italy technically didnt lose hahaha
@@gytoser801 Italy won they changed sides least minute
It's really great how mr toycat is still working hard over the holidays, thanks for the entertainment
I like how he said the most populous country in Europe is not the larges, meanwhile Russia (technically in Europe) is the largest and the most populous (edit: spelling)
That’s what I was thinking
russia hardly counts as being in europe
@@chase5298 113 million people live in the European side of Russia, beating Germany, that has around 85 million people
@@Idkoscar1 didn't ask
@@chase5298 Didn't ask if you didn't ask, checkmate
Finally - The right video!
Wow is this an actual new video this time toycat.... Welldone 😁.
Also Happy New Year 🎉
was wondering wtf was going on lol
It's D.R. Congo, but Doctor Congo sounds way cooler
I have been alone with the pronunciation until now, it sounds like a way to put a character into the countryball fandom
doctor congo sounds like a donkey kong ripoff
I thought it means Donkeykong Republic of Congo
@@6000. Dr. Congo in his CAR on his way to help the Hungary
Dr Congo! 🇨🇩
13:35 The number of people living in west Austria is significantly less per capita than the east.
They must have some strange half people there
per capita the same number of people live in every country, you're right
Lol
Antarctica has a surprisingly high population per capita on par with NYC or Singapore
“Enjoy Kiev while it lasts”
Indeed 🥰
Majority of india now has a birthrate close to 2 or less than 2. Urban cities are edging closer to 1. The problem remain two states in north/central india which have a combined population of 300mn....which still have a fertitlity around 2.5 and much of our population problem is the affects of what the previous generations did 30 years ago lmao.
Not really, population of India is result of it's land being good for agriculture for centuries.
I've been watching toycat for a long time, and once I got into geography and world politics about two years ago now, I started watching more of 2cat. I remember when this channel has 20k subscribers
Hey! I live in the western part of Austria! And yea, my part of Austria is very well linked to germany, italy and switzerland, it takes about the same amount of time to get to those countries closer big cities like Milano or Munich etc. Convenient indeed
Come over my parents arent home!
@@PhillipAmthor 🤨
@@ngc4260 pants* sorry!
"The most populous country in Europe is not the largest country in Europe."
Pretty sure it is though.
Germany is the most populous but not the biggest. It's at least 5th.
@@kempo_95 but russia's the most populous
@@kempo_95 Russia has 140 million, and even if you remove Siberia it's still above 100 million. Germany is in the 80 millions.
This is where we have that fun moment and debate whether I meant countries solely in Europe, or if the fact that a country spans 2 continents disqualifies it.
@@meneither3834 try defining Russia as solely European, it just doesn't work
The McDonalds Restaurant map made me laugh. What a perfect representation.
He finally selected the right video file
I have the old video saved
damn it i just realized i could've commented "This is the REAL video that he wanted to upload"
Hey i remember you from a long time ago on toycat livestreams lol
“There is more McDonald’s restaurants than millitary spending in the United States” -IBX toycat 2022
i love this channel. keep posting what you love, i’m bored of minecraft but never bored of learning
Excuse me, but I happen to love the "let's visit the McDonald's" part of every video, and that, along with the search for the world's best kebab, are integral to why I'm here
New Zealand just looks the same in all the maps
when it's there
3:55 those are the 2100 UN projection which are frankly terrible.
IIASA projection are much more realistic and don't just project current growth like UN does.
That population map that looks like the continents are over-inflated, or under-inflated balloons is called a cartogram. The exaggerated features (like continent, or country size) helps showcase the data set size/amount of data points.
I mean, yeah these maps may be usefull in a raising awareness but they look ugly so I can't approve.
Wouldn't a colour coded map have done the same job while still preserving the ability to recognize and understand the data of all countries.
Still, this is my favorite channel where we talk about the world and stuff so I guess I can deal with it;)
these are the absolute best maps ive seen you are here for the wrong reasons if you dont see it
@@RAiNfORAiNbOW I mean you can think what you watn but your taste seems weird to me...
Having both would be best. These are good for quick glances and then you can look at the color coded map to fully understand what's going on.
"enjoy kyev as it lasts" just hits different right now.
"Enjoy Kyiv while it lasts" aged like milk two months later
at 10:03 did not age well. Its like he knew something or did he?
I remember watching the main Minecraft years ago and now I’m watching geography videos only to later make the connection, interesting to see how we grow
17 minutes of drawing offensive conclisions, i love it
How about a video on twin US States that are nothing alike: Nevada/Utah, Minnesota/Wisconsin, Vermont/New Hampshire? Or twin countries that are nothing alike: North Korea/South Korea, Chile/Argentina, USA/Canada?
Sounds good! I would like to know how different swiss and austria are.
@@PhillipAmthor Indeed.
You are conflating 2 things: countries which are nothing alike, like North Korea/South Korea and ones which are similar but slightly more different than they should be based on the fact that they are neighbors (everything else you've mentioned).
For example USA/Canada are objectively similar. You may be biased to see them as different if you are from an English-speaking country because you just have a lot of knowledge about them, so you know a lot about the differences as well. To everyone else, they are very similar. Of course I'm taking into account things that affect everyday life, like the quality of life, freedoms, etc, rather than the geography which may indeed be different, but then you may just as well talk about the geographic regions like plains, mountain ranges etc, rather than countries, which are political creatures.
London vampires: "ze children of ze night, what sweet music zay make...."
Foxes: "ARRRRRGHHHHH. ARRRRRHHH...ARRRRH...ARRHHH. "
I like the description of toycat membership lol.
Channel supporter.
Perks: Early access to stuff.
Singapore level channel supporter.
Perks: Feeling of emotional completeness 😭😭
The highest tier should be named mainland taiwan supporter
10:02 well well
Is the open defecation map sourced from 2021 or pre 2016, because there was a huge anti-open defecation and sanitation campaign starting 2016
compare the often defecation and the nobel prize laureates maps
This one did not age to well 10:01
It’s crazy that you’re not sponsored, more often, you’ve got quite a decent amount of subscribers.
10:00 is Quite ominous
I appreciate my placement in the Patreon commercial.
7:10 I think the correlation is even simpler than that. I think the wealth was there 2000 years ago cuz that’s where the most people were. The reason there’s so many people there today is that on average the growth across the world will roughly balance out meaning that the proportion of the world that lives in India has never changed hugely.
10:02 when was this uploaded? Because if it was before the russia invasion, then it aged as good as bread
excited that you talked about StAnton this Vid / Fan from Tyrol (Austria) ;)
“There is one person, and that is more than zero and you can’t factually discount that.” 👌🏼😂😂
Can you talk about Open Balkan?
"speaking of countries, that exist" got me rollin
14:26 There would probably be a Gibraltar Canal, if the connected part was thin enough anyway
10:04 Foreshadowing.
Definite yes to that video idea, sounds cool!
Make a video on geographical quirks that countries are fortunate for having please
"enjoy Kiev while it lasts" ... well that aged poorly
I like how the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC) is just called "Doctor Congo" now.
this channel is actually my favorite channel on youtube lol
Will we ever run out of maps?
I guess never
Btw what about fictional maps or historical maps would you think you can work with those?
Dante's inferno
Tolkien Lord of the rings map stuff like that
I hope not!
I would rather not see fiction here. There are different channels for that and were here for straight facts!
No fictional maps
This video aged like milk...
10:04 proceeds to zoom into the only mc donalds I have been in Kiew
10:31 this is based on very old data. As of 2021, India's access to clean sanitation is 97.5+%
The convenient geography video would be cool
Love your videos from Malta 🇲🇹
10:51 love how you can see the uk perfectly fine
It's actually India who is the 5th largest economy in the world. Followed by the UK in 6th and France in 7th
Quem lembra de estudar anamorfose geográfica na escola, um assunto aleatório que fica na cabeça sem razão nenhuma...?
2:04 omggg toycat got something wrong!!!!!11!!1!1
Ahh, I see you’ve fixed the video now.
5:02 one question, why is Antarctica even shaped like that in these maps?
It’s fun when u push sponsors on very interesting topics like nukes and how many they’d kill
Wow, Antartica is going CRAZY when it comes to the wealth. Never knew the penguins were that rich...
Antarctica is the craziest at everything. It's a secret society under the ice.
As of 2021 there are 59 female nobel laureates. In 1962 there were 11. So the vast majority of female laureates are in the latter part of the time window. That explains why you're seeing greater diversity of nationalities. You can pick out some specific individuals on this map. For example Central America: Rigoberta Menchu (Guatemala); South America: Gabriela Mistral (Chile). In Africa you have one laureate from South Africa (South) and two from Liberia (West) amongst others.
a friendly reminder to Toycat that Bangladesh exists :)
and it's population is huge
He’s asking for our permission like he’s not gonna make a video of it when he’s bored
5:45 Taiwan got quite beefier than expected
Yay nothing's better than waking up with a new 2nd channel video
Its funny how big NJ is on this map and then u live here and ur like, yeah that feels right.
“Enjoy Kyiv while it last” 10:09
2:02, the most populated country in europe is also the largest by area. European russia is both the largest and most populated country in europe.
i love seeing the diffrents in nobel prize winners in Denmark vs female nobel prize winners
It's not if Europe was connected to Africa again via the strait of Gibraltar, it's a when. Africa is moving north towards Europe, that's where the Alps came from.
calling DRC "doctor congo" is a genius way to avoid saying the whole name
It has Democratic in its name. It is prolly the freest country on Earth.
Prolly
:P
You should def make that video!
can you show distance in time between places, i.e. London to Edinborough was 5 days now it is one hour.
2:02 Russia: Am I A joke to you
Wow, Kyiv statements around 10:04 were brutal and accurate
The most noticeable feature of the military spending map to me was Saudi Arabia. It's freaking crazy how much money flows from fossil fuel buyers through the Saudi monarchy to the military industrial complex.
I was surprised at how massive qatar was in the gdp wealth considering how small it actually is 5:08 .
14:05 pov you see your cities name in an ibxcat video
yo you should make a video about the foxes in london
yes, make a video on that
"I just wanna talk to him"
Omg I remember seeing some of these maps in geography
Dang toycat, you ROASTED squarespace. That was so funny.
12:21 there actually live over 9 million people in Austria
Do they got a map that shows blinking per hour between countries?
Yeah! 2cat showed my hometown in his video, so this day can be counted as successful!
9:16 you know what they call a quarter pounder in Ukraine
a pounder?
dude! I love the tangents!! don't get down on yourself for going on them.... if anything go on more of them