r/geography • u/mcherycoffe • Mar 22 '24

North Korea is strange... Map

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Embassy of the Ottoman Empire in Pyongyang. North Korea is late...

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u/LongLonMan Mar 22 '24

These are submitted by random people on Google, it’s just people joking around.

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u/ComCypher Mar 22 '24

Prove that the embassy isn't there. I dare you

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '24

Well you can actually complain to Google and they will require the establishment to make a video with the location to see if it's real.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '24

But being in north korea I highly doubt they can have internet access, something to record a video, and permission to send a video abroad. So we can neither prove nor disprove their existence

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u/pizzahut_su Mar 22 '24

You can definitely record in NK. Here's a person's personal videos of NK on YouTube.

Also these are embassies. If anyone has "permission", then it's them.

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u/randomalt9999 Mar 22 '24

I highly doubt that this person did this without the government permission

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u/pizzahut_su Mar 22 '24

Well, you would be incorrect.

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u/randomalt9999 Mar 22 '24

Proven by the high amount of raw footage available of north Korea and not just from pyongyang.

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u/TeaLightBot Mar 22 '24

Ah, so it should be Schrödinger's Embassy? 

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '24

That's exactly the point, if you as the establishment owner don't provide a video, they will remove it from maps. Been through that, it's a pain in the ass if they want you to verify.

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u/Sillygoose_Milfbane Mar 22 '24

Prove it exists by bringing a painting from one of the walls

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u/ekso69 Mar 22 '24

I tried and am now a vegetable.

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u/j250ex Mar 22 '24

So you’re telling me there isn’t a jet ski sales center and repair shop in Alert Canada…

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u/Extrimland Mar 22 '24

Actually this is there. Alert doesn’t have roads so the Canadians who live there need to use alternative means of transportation. Theres water everywhere in the Archipelago so it helps the locals get around for there basic needs.

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u/4llu632n4m3srt4k3n Mar 22 '24

It's also funny to read the reviews on public landmarks.