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Projections can be tricky. Early memory I have in college: I walked into my professor's office and she had a curious looking map on her wall. It had Australia a
by idatum 5y ago
Projections can be tricky. Early memory I have in college:
I walked into my professor's office and she had a curious looking map on her wall. It had Australia at the center and the US was distorted and upside down.
As someone from North America (US) this was a nice lesson in perspective.
- aksss 5y agoSo too with a polar view of the planet: https://www.grida.no/resources/7845 https://www.grida.no/resources/7845
- sandworm101 5y agoShh. We arent supposed to talk about those maps. The earth is officially round.
- xpe 5y agoYes, I think more than one Australian professor have a similar map on display. :)
- robocat 5y agoA good page of examples with xcellent historical background: https://www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/ https://www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/