Random Dispatches

A snapshot of what was going through my mind when I clicked the “publish” button

I recently went to Dublin for my brother’s graduation from med school (photos) and to visit a friend (photos).  Imagine my surprise when I came upon the following map while reading the Aer Lingus in-flight magazine:

Aer Lingus Map incorrectly showing where they fly

Upstate New York, Vermont and Maine have all moved a little further north than they should be.  Here’s a close-up:

Closeup of Aer Lingus map incorrectly showing upstate New York

From what I can tell, Rochester has moved over to be Eastmain, Nunavut.  Burlington is Lac Guillaume-Delisle and Syracuse is Lac Bienville (ironically, I don’t even think there’s a road within 100 km of Lac Bienville).

This map would be really funny except for the fact that Aer Lingus is an airline and there job is to actually know where places are.

  1. [...] to Lindsay Watt for notifying me of this map. The full map may be seen here at her blog, where she also details some of the other ‘moved’ locations: “From what I can [...]

  2. [...] Strange Maps, Lindsay Watt) [...]

  3. [...] If you ever fly the double-entendre-y-named Irish airline Aer Lingus, double-check to make sure you’re in the right country when you land. [...]

  4. [...] some reason, I keep coming across maps that seem to misplace Quebec. This Aer Lingus map showed upstate New York in up-province Quebec.  Now today I came across this map in [...]

Your must be logged in to comment.