Sweden – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:15:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Sweden – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Apple Updates Its Map in Europe https://www.maproomblog.com/2023/03/apple-updates-its-map-in-europe/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:15:24 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1813023 More]]> Apple has added its detailed 3D city “experience” to Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and cycling directions to Germany in general: see Justin O’Beirne and MacRumors.

Its redesigned maps have also come to Norway, Sweden and Finland: see AppleInsider, Justin O’Beirne and MacRumors for details.

]]> 1813023 The Place Names Behind the IKEA Products https://www.maproomblog.com/2021/12/the-place-names-behind-the-ikea-products/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:03:36 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1805664 More]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDpoZdL1g0E

IKEA’s propensity for naming its products after locations in Sweden (among other things) has led to the unintended1 consequence of search results for those products drowning out search results for the lakes and towns they’re named after. Sweden has launched a more-than-tongue-in-cheek tourist campaign to counter that, inviting people to discover the originals. [Strange Maps]

]]> 1805664 Satellite Imagery of Scottish and Swedish Wildfires https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/08/satellite-imagery-of-scottish-and-swedish-wildfires/ Sat, 04 Aug 2018 15:06:34 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786071 More]]> BBC News looks at how satellite imagery from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus program is being used to help fight wildfires in the Scottish highlands.

Meanwhile, the Copernicus program captured images of wildfires in Sweden last month.

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