florge@feddit.uk to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months ago

xkcd #2999: Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia

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xkcd #2999: Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia

florge@feddit.uk to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months ago

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Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/17760803

This projection distorts both area and direction, but preserves Melbourne.

https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2999:_Bad_Map_Projection:_The_United_Stralia

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This hits the perfect level of derangement that pleases me
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It appears they preserved Melbourne, FL moreso than Melbourne, Australia.
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It does look a lot fatter.

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