{"id":20017,"date":"2025-09-08T12:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/when-maps-go-wrong-from-the-great-north-run-to-a-phantom-aldi\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:37:29","slug":"when-maps-go-wrong-from-the-great-north-run-to-a-phantom-aldi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/when-maps-go-wrong-from-the-great-north-run-to-a-phantom-aldi\/","title":{"rendered":"When maps go wrong: from the Great North Run to a phantom Aldi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erroneously putting map of Sunderland on medals for Tyneside half marathon is latest in long line of cartological mishaps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2025\/sep\/08\/great-north-run-apologises-newcastle-map-medals-sunderland\">Great North Run \u2018Newcastle map\u2019 medals actually show Sunderland<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the organisers of the Great North Run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2025\/sep\/08\/great-north-run-apologises-newcastle-map-medals-sunderland\">apologise for using a map of Sunderland, rather than Newcastle, on this year\u2019s finisher medals<\/a>, it is just one in a long line of map mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Other blunders have included phantom supermarkets, dangerously misleading mountaineering routes, and geopolitical blunders.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/sep\/08\/when-maps-go-wrong-from-the-great-north-run-to-a-phantom-aldi\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e357462358c771fe91f0421b06163806b9b47855\/292_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9ee8a338b814900c94dd4c2b69f48943\" title=\"When maps go wrong: from the Great North Run to a phantom Aldi\" \/>Erroneously putting map of Sunderland on medals for Tyneside half marathon is latest in long line of cartological mishaps<br \/>\nGreat North Run \u2018Newcastle map\u2019 medals actually show Sunderland<br \/>\nAs the organisers of the Great North Run apologise for using a map of Sunderland, rather than Newcastle, on this year\u2019s finisher medals, it is just one in a long line of map mistakes.<br \/>\nOther blunders have included phantom supermarkets, dangerously misleading mountaineering routes, and geopolitical blunders. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erroneously putting map of Sunderland on medals for Tyneside half marathon is latest in long line of cartological mishaps Great North Run \u2018Newcastle map\u2019 medals actually show Sunderland As the organisers of the Great North Run apologise for using a map of Sunderland, rather than Newcastle, on this year\u2019s finisher medals, it is just one &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/when-maps-go-wrong-from-the-great-north-run-to-a-phantom-aldi\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When maps go wrong: from the Great North Run to a phantom Aldi<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}