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Re:Mercator Puzzle by yohui on Friday February 08, 2013 @05:00AM (#5187098)
Took me a couple tries to get Thailand, too, as it didn't snap to the map the first time I placed it.

A version with all countries would be an interesting teaching tool, to learn about geography and cartography. Would need to option to display only some countries at a time, to avoid overwhelming the user.

Re:Mercator Puzzle by zkar on Friday February 08, 2013 @02:44PM (#5189714)
Stuck on not finding S. Africa
Re:Mercator Puzzle by schleyfox on Friday February 08, 2013 @05:53PM (#5190616)
South Africa was hard, but the hole for Lesotho was the big tip off for me.