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Helwan, Egypt isn’t working for me
according to my updated source (http://citypopulation.de/Egypt-Cities.html) – Helwan is considered part of the Cairo population now.
“Addis Ababa” doesn’t seem to be accepted for some reason, it looks like it works with a rarer spelling of the city though.
fixed – also fixed a few others with similar issues.
Could you accept Kairouan, Bizerte and Gabes please? By the way, those are great games! thank you.
There’s a bug in the coordinates of Temara (Morocco)… it’s overlapping Tetouan when in fact it’s located on the outskirts of Rabat.
fixing.
Are we gonna get 50 missed for these?
i’ll see if i can get it added to this one soon.
I almost got it, but South Africa is killing me. Other than about 9-10 cities in South Africa, I can’t get the spelling right for these 2:
Abu an-Numrus in Egypt; and
Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma in Morocco.
Any help?
Morocco – Suq as Sabt Awlad an Nama, Egypt – Abu an Numros
I can’t figure out where you got Giyani, South Africa. I don’t see it listed in citypopulation.de or anywhere else except Bing maps. Do you want to share your source?
i believe for some african countries i used actual census data, as citypopulation doesn’t have good africa data…the main part of the municipality which is considered the city of Giyani has a population of just under 100k.
Why is Ogbomosho not there?
It is Julie… not on Top 100 but starting on Top 250.
It appears it was larger in my mind than in real life, although it seems to depend on the source. 😀
Works well now. Thank you very much for another excellent map quiz!
ok this should be good now – i removed some of the extra comments about bugs…all these quizzes coming out will lead to some bugs at first 🙂
fixed the top 50 thru 1000 issue – i’ll look at modifying the pins slightly in future quizzes, they do have little stems on them which can’t be seen well.
Yes, while the pins in Google Maps not only were vertical but you could see the whole pin, these ones are slightly tilted to the left and since we can only see the bright pinhead it looks like the cities have moved a bit northwest. At least, and without being able to zoom it, that’s what is seems to me.
Yes, the pins are slightly moved northwest as Dakar falls into the ocean and Mwanza is placed right in the middle of lake Victoria. Might be the way mapquest places the pins. Given that indeed some border cities change countries I would suggest for the name of the country to be included in the label but these labels are a bit big when compared to the old Google maps ones. Anyway, a very good and long overdue quiz.
Another great quiz… as a heads up, the top cities and top 50 through 1000 counters aren’t working correctly…