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Topic	Today I learned the global map we use is size-inaccurate.
Kamen_Rider_Blade 02/26/24 11:03:44 PM #14:	UnsteadyOwl posted... Yeah, if you look at measures of land area Africa is bigger than North America by like 2.3 million square miles but it doesn't look that way on a Mercator Projection map. On the subject of maps, I don't like how South-up orientation maps are often called "upside-down maps" because there's no such thing. It's long held convention to orient maps with North at the top but a South-up map is just as valid a representation of the Earth's surface. We're just not accustomed to visualizing it that way. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2e415a93.jpg But upside down maps is how you get a "Game of Thrones" style map =D --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp '*Once Upon A Time in Mexico*' <cite>Kamen_Rider_Blade posted [p:979064027] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>UnsteadyOwl posted... </cite><quote>Yeah, if you look at measures of land area Africa is bigger than North America by like 2.3 million square miles but it doesn't look that way on a Mercator Projection map.On the subject of maps, I don't like how South-up orientation maps are often called "upside-down maps" because there's no such thing. It's long held convention to orient maps with North at the top but a South-up map is just as valid a representation of the Earth's surface. We're just not accustomed to visualizing it that way.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2e415a93.jpg</quote>But upside down maps is how you get a "Game of Thrones" style map =D --- Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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