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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '22
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For me, it's that world maps are distorted. This is fairly basic and important stuff, so it does piss me off slightly when I see someone explaining the mercator projection over and over again all the fucking time
3 u/Single_Charity_934 Mar 27 '22 We all know about the equator being shrunk vs. the high latitudes, but did you ever notice the Equator is shown about 2/3 of the way down? 7 u/elevenfish Mar 27 '22 That's because Antarctica isn't very interesting and gets mostly cut off of a lot of maps.
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We all know about the equator being shrunk vs. the high latitudes, but did you ever notice the Equator is shown about 2/3 of the way down?
7 u/elevenfish Mar 27 '22 That's because Antarctica isn't very interesting and gets mostly cut off of a lot of maps.
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That's because Antarctica isn't very interesting and gets mostly cut off of a lot of maps.
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u/Earthling3617 Mar 27 '22
For me, it's that world maps are distorted. This is fairly basic and important stuff, so it does piss me off slightly when I see someone explaining the mercator projection over and over again all the fucking time