It's not perfect, no, but it is acceptable. The problem is that, at the moment, it is only based on the coins from that country, so if the country exists at the moment, but once had a vast territorial empire (such as Poland), only the modern boundaries are used.
Catalogue referee for British, English and Scottish coins.
Le référent pour des pièces britannique, anglais et écossais.
Citeer: arnandersonI'm just looking for the consistency...
"Seek consistency not, my dear uncle!" - W.Shakespeare
There is no consistency at all, that is a fact. I am joining this topic to support you that you are right, there is a random principle in deciding what is a country and what is not. ... And not to project the fake hope that any change will happen.
I have been showing this site to my IT guy, who said he could fix this map thing in about 3 hours, in a way that you could choose to see your collection in 100BC, ..., 1800, 1900, 2000, and play with it as you like using a free mapping software, called "smartdraw", if I am not mistaken.
Technically everything is possible in the 21st century, but the will and the mission of the mighty owner of this site is missing.
In addition to that, there are some obvious things, which are scandalous: if I would have any relationship with Poland, I would send a fatwa on the site management because Germany (1871-1945) "colors" the entire territory of Poland.
Was this issue raised before? Sure, about a year ago. Any change? CERTAINLY NOT. Any answer? For sure not.
Of course, the primary source of this site [Krause] has been committing serious crimes of historic misinterpretation, and that is continued and developed further on this site.
In conclusion: you all are right, but do not expect any change till Numista is sold to some professionals: Anyone has a link to Mark Zuckerberg? ... He made a similar idea successful, the thing is called "facebook" or something, you might have heard of it before.
Citeer: manxcat12British India counts as another country, apparently.
Completely different government, that's why.
The current government of South Africa is certainly different from the Apartheid government of the era when Namibia was a part of South Africa.
I really like the map feature, I just wish the map was customizable to each members own liking. I could then include Guernsey and Jersey as part of the UK and Spitsbergen (Svalbard) as part of Norway and so on...
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin
It would be impossible to alter the map in a way that pleases everyone. But if it was more interactive then the grievances would be kept to a minimum and it would (at least in my opinion) improve the dashboard map feature, making it more enjoyable to all.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin
To keep you 'in the loop'; I discussed the map with Xavier today. Things do take time to come to fruition here but I need to remind you all that we are a team of volunteers. I could put this on many other threads but I'll finish here instead. All the different token coinage are placed by Numista members, we are looking to tidy it up and make it more uniform but other coins are more important.
The team get many requests and some of these are important and others are duplicate listings etc. All of this takes time. The site is still improving and does need more improvement.
I've been working on some ideas to crack down on scammers and in amongst my busy moderating, I am still trying to swap and collect.
I hear what you guys are saying on the map front and we could have something to sort it out at some point.
Citeer: bam777I need to remind you all that we are a team of volunteers.
Well, yes, all the teammembers are.
However, for Xavier it is by now a solid venture, generating serious income every time anyone clicks on the eBay advert and every time you make a search and a paid banner appears.
Given the size of Numista it is serious money!
That shall indicate a kind of responsibility for the people who are generating that money for him.
Or am I wrong?
I think you must be right. However, I meet regularly with Xavier to check his progress on some of the tasks that we have discussed.
For instance: I wish to be able to place warnings manually on members. That way I can deal with a scammer and warn members within a 24 hour period.
I am pleased to see you back Imre and I can understand your frustrations. These things will change and it will take time.
I don't always have time for Numista and I believe that Xavier is busy studying. I will keep nagging him for change but essentially it is his site. He'll change the map...just watch the space!
Citeer: kommodoreThere was a time when this site had constant changes, constantly improving.
- Just until it turned profitable!
Now, that it brings enough money, it is "good as it is"... Why fix something which is okay-ish.
This is certainly not a very entrepreneurial attitude.
On a similar note, shouldn't Greenland pre-1979 be included as part of Denmark?
Why only pre-1979? They currently use the Danish Krone as their legal tender and have only ever done limited runs of a Greenland coinage (which was still equivalent to Danish coinage).
Citeer: mlibbyOn a similar note, shouldn't Greenland pre-1979 be included as part of Denmark?
Why only pre-1979? They currently use the Danish Krone as their legal tender and have only ever done limited runs of a Greenland coinage (which was still equivalent to Danish coinage).
I said pre- 1979 because that's when Greenland was granted "Home Rule" and afforded more autonomy. The members are telling me that change in government is necessary for map changes. But, you are correct they are still a part of the Danish kingdom and should be shown accordingly.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin
- Just until it turned profitable!