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Oh wait, for some reason I was under the impression that the Bering Strait would still dry up or freeze during some parts of the year allowing to reach America
by klez 7y ago
Oh wait, for some reason I was under the impression that the Bering Strait would still dry up or freeze during some parts of the year allowing to reach America going east without taking a boat or a plane. My bad.
But even taking this into account, I'm not sure I understand your latest comment (the one I'm replying to right now).
EDIT: ok, after reading your comment for the umpteenth time I understood. I just have to admit I'm very bad at geography.
EDIT 2: So I'm being downvoted for admitting I was wrong?
- inflatableDodo 7y agoI hope I got you to look at a map. Maps are great. As a prize for admitting how bad you are at geography, here's a political map in Waterman's butterfly projection. - https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png
- klez 7y agoWell that's... different :) For a moment I thought it was one of those map which for some reason don't include NZ, then I noticed it's actually on the top left. As far as I understand, different projections are more "correct" ways of laying out the globe on a plane, so while I have your attention I'd like to ask what advantage does this has over other projections?
- inflatableDodo 7y agoThere are no correct projections, only different use cases. Waterman's butterfly is very low distortion, conversely on a Mercator, paths of constant bearing come out as straight lines, as it was developed for shipping.
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