Counties of Great Britain

Geography
This deck teaches you to name the counties of Great Britain when they are highlighted on a map, and to point at them on the map when given the name. The maps are high accuracy and high resolution, and the deck is inspired by the wonderful [VectorMaps] decks that can be found on ankiweb. In the background, under the county borders, I've added a very faded highway network and some larger wilderness/nature areas, to give some context, e.g. to locate bigger cities. By counties I mean so called ceremonial counties, also known as geographic counties, also known as lieutenancy areas, also known as preserved counties. I find this to be a good compromise between the historical counties which are a bit historical (Greater London would be Middlesex) and the fragmented mess that is the current local administrative structure. By Great Britain I mean England, Wales, and Scotland. No offence is meant to the fine people of Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, or any other parts of the UK missing, but the data I had available didn't include them. The maps were made starting from geographic data, using QGIS. The data for county borders is from the Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The data for the background map is a mixture of data from Ordnance Survey and Open Street Map. The names of the counties also come with pronounciations transcribed with the International Phonetic Alphabet, because seriously, you'll need them. They try to follow Wikipedia's style of transcription, meaning that they aim to provide enough information for speakers of all dialects to infer what their pronounciation would be, rather than try to follow any particular dialect. For instance, all transcriptions are rhotic, even though for many places the locals would be non-rhotic. Feedback is welcome.

Sample Data

Name Lancashire
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Name IPA ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪər
Tags Geography britain county england great map uk
Name Stirling and Falkirk
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Name IPA ˈstɜːrlɪŋ ənd ˈfɔːlkɜːrk
Tags Geography britain county great map scotland uk
Name Merseyside
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Name IPA ˈmɜːrzɪˌsaɪd
Tags Geography britain county england great map uk
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