Mercator Projection. So many ways to try to represent a sphere on a flat 2D plane but none are perfect
https://theconversation.com/five-maps-that-will-change-how-you-see-the-world-74967
And this “True Size” map is fun to play with.
What Your Favorite Map Projection Says About You
Dymaxian
You like Isaac Asimov, XML, and shoes with toes. You think the Segway got a bad rap. You own 3D goggles, which you use to view rotating models of better 3D goggles. You type in Dvorak.
That can’t be right. Nobody likes XML.
XML is fine when used in spaces it suits, though JSON is generally better
Another thing we mostly have no clue about thanks to most of our maps is how massively large the Pacific ocean is.
And somehow fellas just sort of wandered to places like pitcairn islands, chance of a million.
Pitcairn islands are a great wikipedia rabbit hole if you’re into freaky crazy shit btw.
Or that the shortest route to China is over Siberia.
Or that the shortest route to China is over Siberia.
That depends entirely on where you start.
True, American here.
pirate island birds tweets in the background
Actually this is a bit misleading. If you check google maps you can see that those straight lines are not the shortest path between those points. Also, that’s not the longest distance between 2 points in Russia.
The point still stands that these two distances are practically the same when they appear vastly different in a 2D projectio.
Edit: I might have placed the marker in Crimea. Sorry about that. The point still basically stands.
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