International Geographic Latitude-Longitude Flags

International Geographic Latitude-Longitude Flags are a type of geographic flag.  The designs are coded to latitude and longitude.  These flags are non-political and scientific in orientation, but any nation can fly any of these flags.  The three bars represent longitude while the stars represent latitude.  Each colour represents a number:

(0) zero is represented white
(1) one is represented red
(2) two is represented by orange
(3) three is represented by yellow
(4) four is represented by green
(5) five is represented by blue
(6) six is represented by indigo
(7) seven is represented by purple
(8) eight is represented by black
(9) nine is represented by pink
(#?) unknown is represented by grey


Latitude is represented by the two stars and is read according to which hemisphere they represent.  In the Northern Hemisphere the stars point upwards and are read downwards, but for Southern Hemisphere flags, the stars point downwards and are read upwards.
 
Longitude is represented by the three vertical tribars.  In the Eastern Hemisphere the colours are read left to right.  An easy way to remember is that popular Eastern Alphabets in the Eastern Hemisphere use this orientation like Hebrew, Arabic, and vertical Chinese/Japanese. But in the Western Hemisphere colours are read right to left.  Likewise languages that use the Western Roman-Italian Alphabet read left to right, and dominate the Western Hemisphere.

Below is a selected example of three cities with their Geographic Latitude-Longitude flags: Bangkok, Singapore, and Can Tho City.  

Milwaukee Police Department Badge

The Milwaukee Police Department has typical police badge that incorporates symbols of the city.  Here Chief Flynn wears that badge, and exhibits professionalism with passion.

Pizza Planet Logo from Toy Story - 1995

In 1995 Pizza Planet came to life on the big screen as one setting in Toy Story. Of vexillological note is the Pizza Planet logo or badge.  It consists of pepperoni pizza with a ring around it, as if it were Saturn.

Aliens made specifically for Pizza Planet, this can be deduced since they have a Pizza Planet logo on their chest.

Pizza Planet also like any good institution puts is pizza logo on its cups.

At the center of every Pizza Planet is a video arcade.  You can see the Pizza Planet with it's delicious ring of sauces.  Rumor has it that Pizza the Hut from Spaceballs came from this planet.

In the original version the Toyota delivery pizza truck actually spelled out "TOY" to honor toy story, but this was considered too tacky.  Also note back in the mid 90s and 80s pizza delivery places used to own their own fleet of cars.  But this practice eventually went to the wayside as to protect commanding officers in Pizza Corps. 

Flags in Boxtrolls 2014

Laika does it again, the Boxtrolls is cinematic sculpture at its finest.  More working art rather than plain old still life art.  It is mesh all four greats: painting, music, theater, and writing.  It has a vivid pallet of artistic colours, friendly musical enchantment, talented theater, and good old fashioned storytelling.

Its title plays on the ego's judgmental tendencies to put people or others in boxes.  Sure there is a fine line between expanding your shores and trespassing where you don't belong, Laika pushes those buttons elegantly as did Rudolph in 1964.

Of vexillological note are the town's livery of Cheeseridge which is pastel purple and caramel white.  The movie is pleasing to the senses underscored with a charming story.  Family fun for all, and surely a delicious cream pie for cynical critics of all ages.

Perhaps the only complaint about this movie was the deleted sequence of the proper troll to cut the cheese. 

Scotland-England Equal Latitude Flag

The Scotland-England Equal Latitude flag can be flown anywhere in the United Kingdom where the main bodies of Scotland and England are parallel to each other.  Scotland is strongly associated with the North while England is associated with the South.  But at a certain latitude of nearly One Degrees from 54 Degrees 38 Minutes North to 55 Degrees 48 Minutes North, Scotland and England are aligned eye to eye. England is north of Scotland as Scotland is south of England.

Thus the cities of Carlisle, Portpatrick, and Londonderry can fly this geographic flag.  Note that a few cities are set on the boarder, like Belfast.  In Canada the city of Athabasca, Alberta is also found in this area. 

The Scotland-England Equal Latitude flag is basically quartered into four areas.  The upper fly and lower hoist quarters show English flag dominance, but the upper hoist and lower fly show Scottish flag dominance.  The English Red Cross is given a bit extra area, but to balance the equation the Scottish flag's bend has complete dominance over the coveted center spot.

United Kingdom States Flag

The United Kingdom States flag is a geographic flag.  It represents the latitudes where the US and UK are parallel to each other.  The United States as the prodigal son of the UK, officially became parallel to the UK in 1959, with the entry of Alaska as the 49th state.  Note that the southern portion of Alaska is parallel to both Scotland and England. 

Subsequently the Alaskan Star field of 49 stars is in the canton.  The elements of the UK flag are also modified such that one sinister bend of St. Patrick's cross is fully exposed.  Likewise a full 1/8th of English white is allowed to express its self twice in a boomerang pattern.

1959 was a watershed year for these nations.  Essentially the UK and US returned to a fully charmed and healthy familial relationship, loving but full of the proper jokes and pokes.  The ugliness and bitterness of the 1776 colonial rebellion became a fully healed scar, leaving a charmed tattoo upon the hearts and minds of the British and American alike.

Subsequently the British and American waltz towards a free and open future heralded and end to draconian manipulative empires and egos at the end of the 20th century, from within and beyond.

The Kiwaussie Flag

The Kiwaussie Flag is a geographic flag.  It is to be flown anywhere in Australia or New Zealand where they are at equal latitude.  Thus the second biggest island of Australia and second biggest island of New Zealand can fly this flag anywhere, since they are at parallel latitudes.   Coincidentally the second biggest island of Australia is a south island, while the second biggest of New Zealand is the north Island.  

Both capital cities can fly this flag since both are parallel to each other. It's a flag to be flown from Adelaide to Auckland, with Melbourne in the middle.