Why Greenland is Often Marked "No Data" on World Maps

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Geopolitics Explainer

Geopolitics Explainer

Ай бұрын

Ever noticed Greenland showing as 'No Data' on world maps? In this video, I explore the surprising reasons behind this phenomenon and uncover the truth about Greenland's mysterious map color.
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@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 27 күн бұрын
Don't forget to watch my latest video!: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ps9zi6tmuJ_Uo2w.html
@Ardoy9761
@Ardoy9761 Ай бұрын
The council of No Data: Greenland Western Sahara North Korea (Occasionally) Turkmenistan
@user-ir1li1xc1o
@user-ir1li1xc1o Ай бұрын
antartida
@AmirRazan
@AmirRazan 29 күн бұрын
​@@user-ir1li1xc1oYeah, don't forget Antarctica!
@tranchedecake3897
@tranchedecake3897 29 күн бұрын
you forgot kosovo 😂
@Julio_AS
@Julio_AS 29 күн бұрын
And New Zealand doesn’t even appear in most maps
@Ardoy9761
@Ardoy9761 28 күн бұрын
New list: Greenland Western Sahara North Korea (Occasionally) Turkmenistan Antarctica (from user-ir1li1xc1o) Kosovo (from tranchedecake3897) New Zealand (it's left off maps) (from Julio_AS) Vatican City Belarus (from LesiuGenshin) South Sudan (from El_Jacob1) (Somtimes) Belize (from MechanicMind01) Somalia (from leonardolvarenga7572) Taiwan (from 8thFurno)
@maxthetube8466
@maxthetube8466 13 күн бұрын
Imagine he just says: well we can’t get the answer as I have not been able to get data about Greenland
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 13 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@emilioschmidt2106
@emilioschmidt2106 Ай бұрын
I find it so bizarre that greenland is a part of Denmark and Denmark is in the EU but Greenland isn't a part of the EU. This feels like if West Virginia decided to leave NATO
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer Ай бұрын
So true🤣
@oskarjärvinen
@oskarjärvinen Ай бұрын
*Denmark, please
@troelspeterroland6998
@troelspeterroland6998 Ай бұрын
When the UK was in the EU, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey were outside as well.
@Lucas_Antar
@Lucas_Antar 29 күн бұрын
@@troelspeterroland6998ya territories aren't in the EU but overseas regions like French Guyanna is. It all depends on what the member state considers it's land vs it's territory
@andersbuchjeppesen5493
@andersbuchjeppesen5493 28 күн бұрын
Greenland, Faroe Islands and Denmark are all 3 part of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Kingdom of Denmark ≠ Denmark. They are separate entities. Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous countries just like Denmark, but they are all apart of the same kingdom
@eazyaviation
@eazyaviation Ай бұрын
underrated as hell
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer Ай бұрын
@@eazyaviation Thank you so much!
@sunny_muffins
@sunny_muffins Ай бұрын
🇬🇱 It has even its own emoji!
@lochlanmuir2291
@lochlanmuir2291 24 күн бұрын
*it even has
@wolfxlover
@wolfxlover 14 күн бұрын
@@lochlanmuir2291Their phrase isn't incorrect. They're just different tones conveyed.
@deathrowlemon7367
@deathrowlemon7367 13 күн бұрын
@@wolfxlovernobody would ever say it like that.
@Electric0eye
@Electric0eye 11 күн бұрын
​@@deathrowlemon7367well someone just did you dip
@manmanman2000
@manmanman2000 22 күн бұрын
4:40 European countries: Hey look at that beautiful autonomous region I got. *Laughs in Spanish*
@PyroXVuurwerk
@PyroXVuurwerk 10 күн бұрын
In Spain it is basically the administrative division of the entire country
@oisorr
@oisorr Ай бұрын
give this man recognition! terrific work!
@petermichaelgreen
@petermichaelgreen 12 күн бұрын
I suspect that most of these "data maps" you see are made by combining a data source that maps country codes to data with a base map that maps country codes to shapes on the map. I therefore suspect that different standards for what constitues a "country" between the people collating the data and the people making the map then leads to "no data" on the map.
@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug
@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug 18 күн бұрын
I think the visual size of Greenland (particular when it's exaggerated by some map projections) and the majority of the area is just ice, means that even if the data is available (either separately or the data for Denmark also applies) painting that whole area on a map might be somewhat visually misleading or not visible on the scale used anyway if the data is something population related per square kilometer. I.e. you'd end up having to either paint the whole of Greenland as having a something population related density of 0 if you the data doesn't show less than 1 digit per square kilometer which is somewhat insulting and just as meaningless as painting it with "no data" or if you decide to use the ceiling function to round it up to 1 per square kilometer, not only doesn't it say much when most other regions on the map have much higher number, but you've also overestimated the population by doing so by almost 2 million.
@Kawaiitwo
@Kawaiitwo 12 күн бұрын
Probably because they close down their seaport the second someone coughs.
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 12 күн бұрын
@@Kawaiitwo Love that reference 😄
@AdakanUwU
@AdakanUwU 18 күн бұрын
Even Google Street View reached Greenland, so why not statistics
@kirkns6857
@kirkns6857 Ай бұрын
bro, this dude is underrated GIVE THIS MAN MORE VIEWS!!! MORE SUBS!!!
@kirkns6857
@kirkns6857 Ай бұрын
NGL I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THE SUB AND VIEW COUNT, THIS MAN DESERVES MOREE!!!!!
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words!
@iambicpentakill971
@iambicpentakill971 11 күн бұрын
Loved the "Is that Greenland?" map
@_mortiam
@_mortiam 11 күн бұрын
I didn't realize all of Spain's subdivisions are considered autonomous regions. Interesting
@blueblade10477
@blueblade10477 27 күн бұрын
I never thought anyone would make this video
@nathanwaterser8218
@nathanwaterser8218 23 күн бұрын
Also for a lot of countries it makes sense to include the autonomous regions into the rest of the statistics data of the country Be it because of geographical proximity, it being a national statistic (say, for average number of languages spoken by people, you'd include the Basque Country and Catalonia to get the national average for Spain) But Greenland being on a different country and having virtually no cultural connection to Denmark it wouldn't make sense to include them in most maps about Denmark, nor to extrapolate Denmark's data to Greenland. (The former because it would significantly alter Denmark's data, the ladder because Denmark's and Greenland's data would likely not be the same or similar)
@DonPedroman
@DonPedroman 14 күн бұрын
I mean, in Spain all of the regions are autonomous, not just those two
@nathanwaterser8218
@nathanwaterser8218 14 күн бұрын
@@DonPedroman But they have the biggest degree (specially in terms of Language since they are allowed to teach Catalan and Basque)
@MrAlipasali
@MrAlipasali Ай бұрын
Interesting.. Good work . Please continue to make same concept videos
@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922
@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922 29 күн бұрын
I saw some suicide rate maps that had Greenland not many other maps that have Greenland sadly it’s just there rates being the worst in the world. On top of that they plan to be fully independent by 2030 so that should put them on more maps for data when it comes to maps listing every UN member and such.
@alexturnbackthearmy1907
@alexturnbackthearmy1907 10 күн бұрын
I mean...no surprises, we know for quite some time that living so far north isnt good for physical or mental health.
@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922
@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922 10 күн бұрын
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 you’d be surprised how many people don’t know that about Greenland 🇬🇱
@ericc461
@ericc461 26 күн бұрын
I must recommend "The First Crossing of Greenland" by F. Nansen, as an excellent summer beach read.
@ProdCharles
@ProdCharles 12 күн бұрын
Thanks this was an awesome explanation
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 12 күн бұрын
@@ProdCharles Thank you so much for your comment! 😄
@fariesz6786
@fariesz6786 13 күн бұрын
really nice breakdown. only thing you should have added when talking about its size on the map is that the size is also inflated (Greenland _is_ big, but it appears _even bigger_ in common projections) oh, and just out of curiosity (i hope you don't mind me asking, feel free to ignore): do you happen to be from the Caucasus region or something? thought i noticed something in your accent there (i'm a big linguistics nerd)
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 13 күн бұрын
@@fariesz6786 So true, thank you very much for your comment! My favourite map projection is Robinson, so Greenland looks somewhat normal sized there. It makes no sense for Greenland to be as big as Africa 😂 Also, nope I am not from the Caucasus region 😄
@Wltrwllyngaeiou
@Wltrwllyngaeiou 21 күн бұрын
4:48 Spain is literally 100% autonomous regions, is that true?
@n4d13LOLZ
@n4d13LOLZ 14 күн бұрын
It kind of is. Every region in Spain is called an autonomous community, but in practice, the level of autonomy they get is not really massively high, and definitely less than what they'd get in federal states such as Germany. So it's more of a semantics trick than an actual autonomous state like Greenland.
@madaxgaming6405
@madaxgaming6405 29 күн бұрын
Bro is answering the question everyone is too scared to ask 👍
@silvera.jzvzo0o842
@silvera.jzvzo0o842 29 күн бұрын
Aluu 🇬🇱
@ademile_0973
@ademile_0973 12 күн бұрын
4:36 All Spain having autonomous regions
@i71
@i71 12 күн бұрын
Bashkortostan is autonomous region in EUROPEAN part of Russia but wasn’t shown on your map
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 12 күн бұрын
@@i71 True!
@Snow.-1000
@Snow.-1000 Ай бұрын
BRUH, MOST OF CANADA IS UNINHABITABLE AND CANADA HAS THE NORTH POLE! WHY IS IT NOT MOSTLY NO DATA!
@theresa.y5221
@theresa.y5221 28 күн бұрын
it’s independent, and it has millions of people
@theresa.y5221
@theresa.y5221 22 күн бұрын
@@Snow.-1000 key word, most.
@Joshy-
@Joshy- 17 күн бұрын
Because the territories aren't autonomous regions.
@GdShard5
@GdShard5 16 күн бұрын
Bc it’s a country with millions of people, most of which are clustered on the border between Canada and the US
@WT_offical
@WT_offical 15 күн бұрын
@@theresa.y5221not even most the uninhabitable parts are extremely North, like northern islands north
@wisedred
@wisedred 26 күн бұрын
An interesting video on a complex subject that lasts less than 8 minutes 🙏we need more channels like this
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 26 күн бұрын
@@wisedred Thank you so much!
@ElDiosMashiar
@ElDiosMashiar 15 күн бұрын
If i were the one who made the maps i would put Greenland data the same as Denmark because Greenland is part of Denmark
@Maxawa0851
@Maxawa0851 12 күн бұрын
They address that
@Zinras
@Zinras 12 күн бұрын
As a Dane, I can safely say that doing this would lead to horrific consequences as Greenland's own data would be drowned out. Denmark might be small but 6 million Danes is gigantic next to 56.000 Greenlanders. Greenland is ethnically and culturally different, their climate is totally different and so are their laws and social dynamics. It IS a different country and some map makers being absurdly lazy isn't a reason to screw them over.
@ElDiosMashiar
@ElDiosMashiar 12 күн бұрын
@@Zinras I don't agree
@lorddws
@lorddws Ай бұрын
Do history of Helsinki please 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 #SUOMI
@deleted-something
@deleted-something 13 күн бұрын
Damn I really forgot that trump tried to buy Greenland lmao
@RedmarKerkhof
@RedmarKerkhof 4 күн бұрын
Greenland is further north, east, south AND west than iceland.
@kralatac3805
@kralatac3805 Ай бұрын
OH MY GOSH! NEW VIDEO FROM MY FAV KZfaqR! THE BEST 5 MIN I HAD!
@furby9284
@furby9284 29 күн бұрын
I’ve always wondered this! I’d love to see a follow-up video about why New Zealand is flat out missing on so many maps, as that’s another cartographic mystery!
@prezlamen
@prezlamen 14 күн бұрын
Free Greenland
@Clock_Man_2763
@Clock_Man_2763 11 күн бұрын
Why is it every time something happens, it’s always you three? *North Korea, Western Sahara and Greenland* 🇰🇵🇪🇭🇬🇱
@Oblivion9873
@Oblivion9873 Күн бұрын
Oh hell nah you can't just declare EVERY region of spain as autonomous, thats just a different system of government
@gamer-adi9837
@gamer-adi9837 25 күн бұрын
N-No Data? Just mark It as Denmark
@nathanwaterser8218
@nathanwaterser8218 23 күн бұрын
In a lot of maps it would make no sense to use Denmark's data for Greenland
@gamer-adi9837
@gamer-adi9837 23 күн бұрын
@@nathanwaterser8218 It will It’s their colony
@whyareyousophysical
@whyareyousophysical 19 күн бұрын
@@gamer-adi9837Maybe in geopolitical maps but if it's a map like "most people per kilometre" and you're counting Greenland's avg towards Denmarks, then it wouldn't work on Greenlands population density is much more sparse than that of Denmark.
@progamer69243
@progamer69243 12 күн бұрын
So underrated
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 12 күн бұрын
@@progamer69243 Thank you so much! 😄❤️
@levyest
@levyest Ай бұрын
this channel deserves more tbh. must be danish community holding the vid back XD
@kralatac3805
@kralatac3805 Ай бұрын
INTERESTINGLY AMAZING! GREENLAND🎌🎌
@chrisalex82
@chrisalex82 29 күн бұрын
Last week it was added as a google translate language ?? Lmfao even non existant languages were on google before ☠️ (espéranto...) Google insulté greenlandish without even speaking
@NanobanaKinako
@NanobanaKinako 29 күн бұрын
The fact that they added Esperanto and temporarily Aurebesh is kinda insults to languages who hasn't been added yet like Cantonese.
@chrisalex82
@chrisalex82 29 күн бұрын
@@NanobanaKinako à language spoken by 100 million people wasn't there ? WHAT ☠️ Probably because they dont have accès to google
@luminammusic
@luminammusic 25 күн бұрын
@@NanobanaKinako Cantonese is on google translate now as well
@NanobanaKinako
@NanobanaKinako 25 күн бұрын
@@luminammusic I already know, it's because Google Translate has more languages in the browser than in the app which I use.
@derikaem8021
@derikaem8021 24 күн бұрын
i guess kalaallisut is just very hard to program a translator for. afaik it is the very first language in googletranslate that uses polysynthetic grammar.
@jamonen919
@jamonen919 Ай бұрын
Bring from nz I can relate to this cause we also get left off a lot of world maps too
@emmar9104
@emmar9104 15 күн бұрын
this video is 2/3 of the way to having more views than it has citizens
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 15 күн бұрын
@@emmar9104 So true! 😂
@its4theer
@its4theer 10 күн бұрын
only 56thousand!!!!! my university has 60k students so it could a country as well lol
@MustafaOzanAlpay
@MustafaOzanAlpay 13 күн бұрын
my gut tells me the owner of this channel is turkish
@GeneralFalcon3847
@GeneralFalcon3847 29 күн бұрын
You’ve heard of North Korea and Western Sahara Now prepare for… GREENLAND
@pileofcheese5017
@pileofcheese5017 27 күн бұрын
4:45 All of Spain is an autonomous region?
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 27 күн бұрын
Exactly! 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities
@n4d13LOLZ
@n4d13LOLZ 14 күн бұрын
​@@GeopoliticsExplainer Note, however, that Spain's autonomous regions are so mostly in name. They definitely have a degree of autonomy, but it's noticeably smaller than what you'd get in federal states such as Germany or Switzerland, and way less than what Greenland gets. Thus it's a bit unfair to compare these directly.
@Croz89
@Croz89 12 күн бұрын
@@n4d13LOLZ AFAIK, a lot of Spanish regions like to say they're autonomous when they're really not. As some have said, Spain is a number of distinct cultural regions smushed together and forced to get along, some with more success than others.
@keineahnung7278
@keineahnung7278 10 күн бұрын
It's because nobody lives there.
@ItsSeated
@ItsSeated 29 күн бұрын
0:15 they forgot New Zealand!
@maumee22
@maumee22 29 күн бұрын
Ever do stuff with languages? Looking at the Wikipedia oages for endangered sowcies on each continent would be a niche geopolitics subject .
@perla5465
@perla5465 Ай бұрын
Sahrawi republic too *Western Sahara*
@sasuwuke
@sasuwuke Ай бұрын
W in English is pronounced similar to the U in 'influence' or German and Spanish, never the U in French or V as in 'vine'. If you are more familiar with Cyrillic, it's always у never в.
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer Ай бұрын
@@sasuwuke And?
@sasuwuke
@sasuwuke Ай бұрын
@@GeopoliticsExplainer your wideo your choice 👍🏻
@sofacheeseburger
@sofacheeseburger Ай бұрын
bro ☠☠☠💀💀💀💀 u good
@nathanoher4865
@nathanoher4865 26 күн бұрын
Bruh it’s not that bad lol
@goodchannel2934
@goodchannel2934 29 күн бұрын
your a kinggg!!! how dont you have over 100k+ sub
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 29 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! 😄
@Transnistrian_nationalist
@Transnistrian_nationalist Ай бұрын
DO history of Berlin plz
@jakubsy
@jakubsy 24 күн бұрын
Concacaf XD
@BowiyzYT
@BowiyzYT 16 күн бұрын
denmarkkkk
@rakhatthenut3815
@rakhatthenut3815 21 күн бұрын
Greenland is just Antarctica, but where a couple thousands people live
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 20 күн бұрын
Also, no penguins
@WeedShaggy
@WeedShaggy 19 күн бұрын
​@@GeopoliticsExplainerAnother reason why Greenland has no data: No penguins 😭
@ItsAllOBJECTSYT
@ItsAllOBJECTSYT Ай бұрын
222nd like
@Randerk
@Randerk 29 күн бұрын
Brain4Breakfast explained it better imo
@b.i.g.4182
@b.i.g.4182 28 күн бұрын
Its not the best compareing videos of a youtuber who passed away with other videos
@GriffinForte
@GriffinForte 16 күн бұрын
Lol
@Philfluffer
@Philfluffer 16 күн бұрын
Not enough data for statistics.
@bensantos3882
@bensantos3882 14 күн бұрын
America should have taken the island after WW2 just for rhe lives lost liberating Denmark. So ungrateful and shameful they refused the purchase.
@Fushishou
@Fushishou 12 күн бұрын
Surely you could have used any other clip than one of Trump
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 12 күн бұрын
@@Fushishou you know he tried to BUY Greenland right?
@kalpeshmanna7233
@kalpeshmanna7233 29 күн бұрын
This video is useless. Doesn't even answer the question.
@DefaultMale_
@DefaultMale_ 12 күн бұрын
Really nice video, but I find the audio too quiet - I can barely hear what you're saying on my phone at max volume.
@GeopoliticsExplainer
@GeopoliticsExplainer 12 күн бұрын
@@DefaultMale_ I see! Thank you for the comment
@DefaultMale_
@DefaultMale_ 12 күн бұрын
@@GeopoliticsExplainer No problem - just giving feedback so you can make even better content
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