Why is Google Maps brown??

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Math_Wiz, Sep 19, 2021.

  1. Math_Wiz

    Math_Wiz

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    Why is the western half of the US brown? Washington State is not desertified, so the brown is not desert. Nebraska is not mountainous, so the brown is not mountains. So what the heck is the brown exactly? Google doesn't tell, lol.
     
  2. ph1l

    ph1l

  3. Math_Wiz

    Math_Wiz

    Wow, thanks. I guess I never realized those large swaths of land (tan color) in Washington and Oregon were "grass and scrub". I thought of those areas in Washington and Oregon as being tree-covered mountains, but I guess I was wrong.
     
  4. Overnight

    Overnight

    All the non-green is COVID.