How an Air Travel Map Was Used to Scare the Bejeepers Out of You

Jonathan Crowe — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:03:58 +0000

BBC News: “Here’s how a decade-old map showing global air travel was used incorrectly by news websites across the world, leading to headlines such as ‘New map reveals no country safe from coronavirus tentacles’ and ‘Terrifying map reveals how thousands of Wuhan travellers could have spread coronavirus to 400 cities worldwide.’” Blame the usual culprits. [Kenneth Field]

Beware of Fake Snowfall Maps

Jonathan Crowe — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:05:24 +0000

Meterologist Dan Satterfield warns about fake snowfall maps appearing on social media. “[R]esponsible meteorologists do not post raw model data more than 3 days away from an event. It’s just not likely to be correct, and could actually give someone a false sense that the storm will not impact them. […] If you see a map showing snowfall totals, it almost certainly did not come from NOAA, or an AMS Certified meteorologist. There are even hoax maps floating around from storms in the past” (emphasis his).

hoax maps – The Map Room

How an Air Travel Map Was Used to Scare the Bejeepers Out of You

Beware of Fake Snowfall Maps