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I’ve posted this on HN before, but my own “brain reboot” came from making http://projections.charemza.name/ http://projections.charemza.name/ that allows you
by michalc 4y ago
I’ve posted this on HN before, but my own “brain reboot” came from making
http://projections.charemza.name/ http://projections.charemza.name/
that allows you to rotate the world before applying the Mercator projection. The “crazy looking” distortions make me realise just how distorted the usual projection itself is
- wodenokoto 4y agoIt would be nice if there was a globe, with the center of the projection facing the user. Once you start rotating the map, it is really difficult to make sense of what is going on. Other than that, it is really cool, and quite trippy to play with.
- michalc 4y agoAh for me the lack of sense of what’s going on is sort of the point of it. The rotated projections are just as right as the regular Mercator projection in an objective way, but it really doesn’t feel that way.
- zwkrt 4y agoThat was exactly what I thought too. I kept trying to make the map seem “normal” but no matter when I tried some thing was always blown so far out of perspective it was unrecognizable. Every projection is so far off that it just becomes comical. At that point it clicked that the Mercator projection is just as bad, I’ve just seen it before.
- JackFr 4y ago> Every projection is so far off that it just becomes comical. Except Lambert and Albers. They become conical.
- ThrustVectoring 4y agohttps://ibb.co/BVfgYj2 https://ibb.co/BVfgYj2 This is the best I could do, and it's pretty much just putting the vast empty expanses of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in the higher-distortion areas near the top and bottom.
- ptato 4y agoit's a very neat map
- kortilla 4y ago> Mercator projection in an objective way Only if you drop the objective reason (navigation) that the Mercator projection was made.
- IshKebab 4y agoThat's very cool. I don't know if it is quite fair to the Mercator projection though because it mostly distorts the north and south poles which are conveniently not very populated. You should add other projections for comparison!
- michalc 4y agoI think other projections have been on my mental todo list for about 5 years now… one day!
- micheljansen 4y agoVery smooth, well done!
- michalc 4y agoThanks!