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There is no top of the map since there is no objective frame of reference in space. The axis on which the Earth spins relative to its orbit is a point of orient
by api 5y ago
There is no top of the map since there is no objective frame of reference in space. The axis on which the Earth spins relative to its orbit is a point of orientation but which side is the "top" is arbitrary.
- fallingknife 5y agoYes, everybody knows that, and if someone asks me where Greenland is on a map, I will say "at the top" like a normal person.
- api 5y agoYou don't reference the galactic orientation by reference to the nearest superclusters? Pleb.
- nerfbatplz 5y agoThe enemy's gate is down
- cto_of_antifa 5y agoNiceee
- BitwiseFool 5y ago>"top" is arbitrary" Sure, but at the end of the day you've got to pick a frame of reference and people have settled on North being the 'top'. You can draw a map that ignores this convention and still have it be valid but you're going to confuse a lot of people. For what it's worth there's more landmass and population in the Northern Hemisphere so make of that what you will.