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I was shocked when I recently learned that the vast majority of Europe is at a higher latitude than New York. The way maps are usually shown makes you think Ne
by rbmktechik 7y ago
I was shocked when I recently learned that the vast majority of Europe is at a higher latitude than New York.
The way maps are usually shown makes you think New York is up there with Sweden.
- distances 7y agoYep, Florida is in Sahara and all of US outside Alaska is south of Paris. There's a nice visualisation of this at https://i.imgur.com/yIe8gWy_d.jpg?maxwidth=6400 https://i.imgur.com/yIe8gWy_d.jpg?maxwidth=6400
- sjg007 7y agoGood reason to own a globe.
- jpindar 7y agoOr Google Earth.
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