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As a new zealander this is my favourite map projection anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection#/media/File:Peirce_quincuncial_project
by darren_ 8y ago
As a new zealander this is my favourite map projection anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection#/media/File:Peirce_quincuncial_projection_SW_20W.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection#...
- FooHentai 8y agoHuh, sure puts a lot of distance between the mainland and west island...
- peatmoss 8y agoI don’t get it; the mainland is clearly just above Te Ika a Maui in that map.
- amvalo 8y agoI think west island means australia
- jgamman 8y agoyep. the 'mainland' in NZ refers to a chunk of the Sth Island - from back in the day when english migrants were busy recreating the english aristocracy.
- peatmoss 8y agoI reject your reality and substitute my own :-)
- FooHentai 8y agoHe's out in-joke-ing me. West Island is a derogatory reference to Australia, implying it's just a minor territory of NZ (north and south island being 'mainland'). But, 'mainland' is often used by South Island NZers to suggest that the north island (by far the most populous) is nothing more than a secondary 'non-main' island.
- wolfgke 8y ago> As a new zealander this is my favourite map projection anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection#/media/File:Peirce_quincuncial_projection_SW_20W.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection#... Semi-relevant: https://xkcd.com/977/ https://xkcd.com/977/ Also related: https://xkcd.com/1500/ https://xkcd.com/1500/ https://xkcd.com/1784/ https://xkcd.com/1784/ https://xkcd.com/1799/ https://xkcd.com/1799/