I think it's tongue-in-cheek and mocking a recent trend of online maps showing "Almost nobody lives here" for various places. Even in a densely populated country like the Netherlands you can make a map showing "almost nobody lives here" if you set your parameters properly.
I dunno, it's made by the University of Groningen Geodienst (GIS?) department. OP's account looks to be an official account of the university, and there seems to be no evidence of other memes or tongue-in-cheek data on their site.
That's true. But they're pretty active on Reddit and are definitely social media savvy. Plus, this is the exact kind of subtle jab at popular trends you can expect from academics, as opposed to outright memes.
Not a government agency, it's a university department. And this is the exact type of joke you can expect from academics - the type where they can pretend it was all very serious indeed, wink wink nudge nudge.
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u/potverdorie May 03 '19
I think it's tongue-in-cheek and mocking a recent trend of online maps showing "Almost nobody lives here" for various places. Even in a densely populated country like the Netherlands you can make a map showing "almost nobody lives here" if you set your parameters properly.
But maybe it's unironic in which case idk