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I live in the northern hemisphere, and wish more maps supported "South up." Maybe I'm weird, but in my mental map I expect the light (the sun) to be at the top
by schiffern 11y ago
I live in the northern hemisphere, and wish more maps supported "South up." Maybe I'm weird, but in my mental map I expect the light (the sun) to be at the top of the page.
- mrestko 11y agoThere's no maybe. You're weird. Nearly all maps we're exposed to growing up have North at the top of the page. However, you would be right at home in this segment of West Wing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH1bZ0F3zVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH1bZ0F3zVU
- schiffern 10y ago>Nearly all maps we're exposed to growing up have North at the top of the page. Heh, you say that as if I didn't know! ;) I'm sure you've noticed that in computer UIs, all the "3D" effects are based on the sun being at the top. Same with geography -- it's easier for me to visualize the terrain if the sun is at the top. That means South-up in the northern hemisphere, and North-up in the southern hemisphere. Always fun to watch that West Wing clip.
- giomasce 11y agoMy navigation application supports rotating the map with double touch. You can put it whatever-you-want-up. This is probably rather common in other applications. You might then be a bit confused if you have to look a conventional north-up map...
- adrianN 11y agoGet a hand-held GPS, turn it whatever way you want?