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BakonBitz 02/26/24 10:17:19 PM #1:	It's due to the Mercator Projection enlarging certain countries to make it easier to chart shipping lanes. I legitimately didn't know this until now, lol. https://twitter.com/tradingMaxiSL/status/1762149824768655547?s=20 --- Game collection: http://www.backloggery.com/bakonbitz Gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwVQm69J7bGScbv3_50C0dA <cite>BakonBitz posted [p:979063348] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>It's due to the Mercator Projection enlarging certain countries to make it easier to chart shipping lanes. I legitimately didn't know this until now, lol.https://twitter.com/tradingMaxiSL/status/1762149824768655547?s=20 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 02/26/24 10:19:23 PM #2:	Yes, due to the way the Mercator Projection works landmasses near the poles get ridiculously enlarged. In reality, Canada, Greenland, and especially Russia are not actually that large. --- THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do not write in this space. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:979063382] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>Yes, due to the way the Mercator Projection works landmasses near the poles get ridiculously enlarged.In reality, Canada, Greenland, and especially Russia are not actually that large. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DnDer 02/26/24 10:21:57 PM #3:	This lets me share one of my all time favorite TV moments. https://youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY?feature=shared --- What has books ever teached us? -- Captain Afrohead Subject-verb agreement. -- t3h 0n3 <cite>DnDer posted [p:979063434] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>This lets me share one of my all time favorite TV moments.https://youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY?feature=shared </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KnightofShikari 02/26/24 10:22:26 PM #4:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV3GgQLg8 it's due to the way we try to put a 3D sphere onto a 2D plane --- The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election for President and Vice President of the United States <cite>KnightofShikari posted [p:979063440] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV3GgQLg8it's due to the way we try to put a 3D sphere onto a 2D plane </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 02/26/24 10:25:37 PM #5:	If you want some nice mind-screws, here's a whole bunch of bizarre attempts at map projections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections --- THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do not write in this space. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:979063486] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>If you want some nice mind-screws, here's a whole bunch of bizarre attempts at map projections:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Westernwolf4 02/26/24 10:30:33 PM #6:	DnDer posted... This lets me share one of my all time favorite TV moments. https://youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY?feature=shared This episode of West Wing is absolutely where I learned about this! --- An opinion does not turn into a fact simply because the person holding it feels strongly about it. <cite>Westernwolf4 posted [p:979063543] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>DnDer posted... </cite><quote>This lets me share one of my all time favorite TV moments.https://youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY?feature=shared</quote>This episode of West Wing is absolutely where I learned about this! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnsteadyOwl 02/26/24 10:47:29 PM #7:	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 --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:979063799] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</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> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sabin017 02/26/24 10:51:26 PM #8:	Just get a globe. --- https://i.imgur.com/TWsfIIj.gif <cite>sabin017 posted [p:979063857] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>Just get a globe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 02/26/24 10:51:37 PM #9:	I am majoring in Geography/Geospatial Science and love this stuff (though I still need to do a refresher in stupid projections and their distortions every time I start a new class lol). https://breathingearth.visualcinnamon.com/ --- RS3: UltimaSuende https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:979063862] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>I am majoring in Geography/Geospatial Science and love this stuff (though I still need to do a refresher in stupid projections and their distortions every time I start a new class lol).https://breathingearth.visualcinnamon.com/ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 02/26/24 10:52:49 PM #10:	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 >=( South down --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:979063888] 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>>=( South down </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aztex 02/26/24 10:54:05 PM #11:	Is this not common sense? I leaned this in elementary --- Hot Girls Message Board https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1291-hot-girls <cite>Aztex posted [p:979063905] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>Is this not common sense? I leaned this in elementary </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BakonBitz 02/26/24 10:55:34 PM #12:	Aztex posted... Is this not common sense? I leaned this in elementary If I did I must've forgotten about it, lol. I think it's starting to ring a bell now that I've learned about it before. --- Game collection: http://www.backloggery.com/bakonbitz Gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwVQm69J7bGScbv3_50C0dA <cite>BakonBitz posted [p:979063927] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>Aztex posted... </cite><quote>Is this not common sense? I leaned this in elementary</quote>If I did I must've forgotten about it, lol. I think it's starting to ring a bell now that I've learned about it before. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 02/26/24 10:59:04 PM #13:	Some US maps don't depict Alaska it's true size and lots of people think it's smaller than Texas When the opposite is true <cite>Zikten posted [p:979063966] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>Some US maps don't depict Alaska it's true size and lots of people think it's smaller than Texas When the opposite is true</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KnightofShikari 02/26/24 11:04:33 PM #15:	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 map men has a video on that too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14Gtm2Z_70 --- The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election for President and Vice President of the United States <cite>KnightofShikari posted [p:979064038] 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>map men has a video on that too!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14Gtm2Z_70 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
willythemailboy 02/26/24 11:05:03 PM #16:	Aztex posted... Is this not common sense? I leaned this in elementary I think everyone is kinda-sorta aware of the distortion but don't really realize the amount of distortion present. --- There are four lights. <cite>willythemailboy posted [p:979064048] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>Aztex posted... </cite><quote>Is this not common sense? I leaned this in elementary</quote>I think everyone is kinda-sorta aware of the distortion but don't really realize the amount of distortion present. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AngelsNAirwav3s 02/26/24 11:05:05 PM #17:	Greenland isnt bigger than most continents lol of course that map isnt accurate --- Hello world! <cite>AngelsNAirwav3s posted [p:979064049] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>Greenland isnt bigger than most continents lol of course that map isnt accurate </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
radical_rhino 02/26/24 11:13:15 PM #18:	A globe is the only accurate world map. --- .____ [____]===0 . . . . Ye olde beating stick. <cite>radical_rhino posted [p:979064131] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>A globe is the only accurate world map. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Stagmar 02/26/24 11:18:41 PM #19:	How can a globe be the most accurate when earth is shaped like an anime girl? --- Drawings of me by CE: https://imgur.com/a/rDSRWz8 <cite>Stagmar posted [p:979064192] in Today I le... [t:80706783]...</cite> <quote>How can a globe be the most accurate when earth is shaped like an anime girl? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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