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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

A different perspective

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A different perspective

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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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    Fun fact: Whether North or South are “up” on a map is also completely arbitrary.

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      They undercut the message buy putting upside down at the top.

      I had a teacher in high school who always set his globe that had the text oriented to the nearest pole to have the south pole on top. Anyone switching it would start a conversation about how there isn’t a ‘correct’ up direction.

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        There is only a “correct” up direction if it has words. The “correct” up would be the direction of the letters.

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      Or left right

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        Should have rotated the other way so the sun scrolls satisfyingly top-to-bottom.

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      Oh god why Mercator?

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        Mercator really starts to shine when you rotate it by 90 degrees.

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          This is cursed enough to be an SCP

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          At this point, Africa is almost represented at its actual size.

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      This looks like a fantasy world map wtf.

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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14Gtm2Z_70

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      Yeah, but European borders aren’t

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        Sure they are, they’re fun to redraw too. I thought y’all loved doing that

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      It’s freaking me out!

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