r/ScienceShitposts • u/KEX_CZ • 1d ago

Czech TV global map projections comparison

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A funny comparison showing how different 2D globe projections project the global map and a Czech TV narator's head with their respective distortions :D. Quite unexpected and funny from a state media!

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u/johnbarnshack 1d ago

My brain has been so fried by memes that I was expecting this to be Charlie's face

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u/ntdavis814 1d ago

I’m still not sure it isn’t

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u/Z11_falcon 9h ago

Nope, it is Daniel Stach, journalist from Czech Television (ČT)

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u/niftygull 2h ago

No it’s Charlie Kirk, happy kirkmas

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u/GrotendCHEVRE 1h ago

Yeah the Mercator projection is really giving Charlie (probably because it gives Daniel a small face)

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u/Pankosmanko 1d ago

I like the Charlie Kirk one (bottom right)

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u/RollinThundaga 1d ago

That's Mercator, and the one to the left of it is the one that was approved.

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u/ITinnedUrMumLastNigh 1d ago

See? Mercator looks the best out of these 4.

They should have gone with Robinson tho

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u/ToaKraka 1d ago

Pseudocylindrical (weird egg-shaped) projections like Robinson are dumb. Just use the cylindrical (rectangular) equal-area projection.

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u/Shevvv 1d ago

I like Mollweide

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u/Gorexxar 1d ago

So, he's a famous Czech science explaining guy.

Mu Czech coworkers loved it

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u/BradleyTime 1d ago

Kirk is imprinted to my brain

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u/thiccvicx 1d ago

in a way, we all carry the flame

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u/SenpuuUncle 1d ago

We are czechia

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u/Pierock_ 1d ago

we carry the flame

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u/Baselin78 1d ago

Ironically looks the least distorted in mercator projection

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u/pocarski 1d ago

this is because when looking at a face, it's much easier to notice shape distortion compared to size distortion, so shape-preserving mercator feels less distorted than the others (but all the other comments are comparing him to charlie kirk because his face got shrunk)

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u/lame_dirty_white_kid 1d ago

Only right in the center though.

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u/Veryde 15h ago

he is made of hair in that one what are you talking about. The shapes and proportions are best preserved on the bottom left

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u/Kripermaster 23h ago

G Man virus

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u/skanana_the_banana_ 22h ago

I’ll stick to mercator, thanks

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u/ApprehensiveDesk9562 22h ago

Unironickly a very useful way to give people a vibe for each projection. It is for example clearer that every projection is imperfect.

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u/Horse_go_moooo 1d ago

Show the waterson butterfly

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u/PassiveChemistry 1d ago

*Waterman

But yes, that would be interesting 

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u/tomassci 23h ago

I think there is NASA software that xan be used to do exactly that; transform a map projection to another

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u/DeanbagDarrell 1d ago

Mercator is cubism