Erroneously putting map of Sunderland on medals for Tyneside event is latest in long line of cartological mishaps ‘Newcastle map’ medals actually show Sunderland The organisers of the Great North Run have apologised for using a map of Sunderland, rather than Newcastle, on this year’s finisher medals, but this was just one in a long line of map mistakes. Other blunders have included phantom supermarkets, dangerously misleading mountaineering routes and geopolitical blunders. Continue reading...