This was taken in a Emirates flight Dubai-Paris in December 2015.
- What are on these 2 locations?
- Why these numbers? Are they dates?
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3A picture of the map would help as I have no idea what you are talking about. – SMS von der Tann Jan 02 '16 at 19:15
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@SMSvonderTann sorry it took me a while to find a way to compress the image < 2Mb – RockScience Jan 02 '16 at 19:20
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2It's pretty clear what he's asking. Shouldn't it be closed as offtopic instead? – oldmud0 Jan 02 '16 at 22:15
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@oldmud0 The closed vote were raised before picture uploaded – Him Jan 02 '16 at 23:01
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3better suited for Travel SE? – szulat Jan 02 '16 at 23:17
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Unclear what I am asking, really? Please read my 2 questions which are clearly defined in 2 separate bullet points. Excess of zeal from moderators is a typical issue on SE. The only thing which is a unclear is why they are flagging this function: is it only to gain points? – RockScience Jan 03 '16 at 23:40
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The number may stands for the year of the ships sunk.
1864 may correspond to CSS Alabama (Arabic: ألاباما), a Confederate States Navy Screw sloop which was sunk on June 1864 at the Battle of Cherbourg. The wreck is at 49°45′9″N, 1°41′42″W.
1922 may correspond to SS Egypt (Arabic: مصر), a British ocean liner which was sunk after a collision with SS Seine on 20 May 1922. The wreck is located near 48°10′N, 5°29′W.
As @mins mention in comment, there are other wrecks appearing on the map in IFE, including Mary Rose 1545 near Portsmouth and San Pedro de Alcantara 1786 near Peniche.
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1Interesting! Do you have any idea why this would appear on the customer screen of a commercial flight? – RockScience Jan 02 '16 at 21:32
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2@RockScience I don't know. but the map services is usually contract out, not provided by the airlines, and sometimes not even the inflight entertainment system providers themselves. – Him Jan 02 '16 at 21:56
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Out of interest how did you get to this great answer? Did you translate the Arabic, google and cross-correlate the two numbers, or just have a brainwave? – IanF1 Jan 02 '16 at 22:21
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