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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 6 days ago

All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line

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All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line

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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 6 days ago
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https://i.imgur.com/BmL5lDI.png

  • ominous ocelot@leminal.space
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    All countries are in a straight line. If you make it wide enough.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
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      Or long enough, as it’s on a spheroid.

      • ominous ocelot@leminal.space
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        Or use the proper projection.

        • teft@piefed.social
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          Yeah, like the Euler Projection.

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            deleted by creator

          • bonenode@piefed.social
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            Oh wow! All countries are in the same line!!!

          • Victor@lemmy.world
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            lol, accurate but a bit difficult to see a lot of continuity.

        • Victor@lemmy.world
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          The linked latitude longitude graph looked like it was all in a pretty straight lines though.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      It’s actually a curved line

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      Or if you use a suitable projection. I’m pretty sure you can pick some really wild projection and make it work with another letter too.

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        Or if you use a suitable projection

        https://sopuli.xyz/post/38642522/20935563

    • [deleted]@piefed.world
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      While true, this line is pretty narrow considering it is only showing one hemisphere.

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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      over on the non-federated link aggregation site, posts like this would be in /r/mapporncirclejerk, not the main map sub :/

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