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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 hours ago

All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line

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All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line

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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 hours ago
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  • OpenStars@piefed.social
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    For some reason I read this as the letter T and I got so confused 🤔

    img

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    On a curved surface.

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    *with their anglicized names

    India, for example, has been traditionally referred to as Bharat (depending on language root) domestically and among the 100s of languages and dialects used there the name India is never used. Similar to Deutschland and Germany.

    • FishFace@piefed.social
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      What about in the second official language of India, English? :P

      The constitution uses “India” in English.

      But yes they’re the English names…

  • rustyfish@piefed.world
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    Did you know?

    All countries are in a straight line?

    Please send bitcoin, save the dream 😎

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      “Fraction of a dot”

  • ominous ocelot@leminal.space
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    All countries are in a straight line. If you make it wide enough.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      Or if you use a suitable projection. I’m pretty sure you can pick some really wild projection and make it work with another letter too.

      • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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        Or if you use a suitable projection

        https://sopuli.xyz/post/38642522/20935563

    • Victor@lemmy.world
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      Or long enough, as it’s on a spheroid.

      • ominous ocelot@leminal.space
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        Or use the proper projection.

        • teft@piefed.social
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          Yeah, like the Euler Projection.

          • ...m...@ttrpg.network
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            “Oh, I like this guy!”

          • Victor@lemmy.world
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            lol, accurate but a bit difficult to see a lot of continuity.

        • Victor@lemmy.world
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          The linked latitude longitude graph looked like it was all in a pretty straight lines though.

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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      over on the non-federated link aggregation site, posts like this would be in /r/mapporncirclejerk, not the main map sub :/

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      It’s actually a curved line

    • [deleted]@piefed.world
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      While true, this line is pretty narrow considering it is only showing one hemisphere.

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    Ivory Coast

    there

    • iatenine@piefed.social
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      Côte d’Ivorie

      It’s weird they use this as their “English-language” name but I don’t really have a point, just hoping to watch a thread become a comment shit show

      • cabillaud@lemmy.world
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        Côte d’Ivoire

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        It makes just as much sense as calling it Türkiye.

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    That’s nothing! All countries starting with a letter can be mapped onto the surface of an oblate spheroid.

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      That’s nothing, did you know that you can color the world map so that no adjacent regions share the same color using only four colors

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    That’s easily the case isn’t it, the only question is how much distance is there between these two lines.

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    Ialestine?

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      Iaza.

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    the earth is round

    • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world
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      Found the glober

  • subOrange@lemmy.world
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    Guys, guys, this is for real, I just check the wikipedia !

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    More useless and interesting map facts, please!

  • RegularJoe@lemmy.world
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    Aye.

  • SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world
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    Where is Idaho or Illinois?

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      The Emancipated and Fully Independent People’s Republics of Iowa and Illinois continue to be unrecognized by the UN. But the revolution marches on, comrades.

      • SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world
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        What about Ilaska?

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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          You mean West Canada?

    • [deleted]@piefed.world
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      Country and state are interchangeable except when they ain’t!

    • t҉̠̙ǵ̣̞̄ͪ͜x̸̱͚̳ͫ͐̑̈ͯͣ̚n̒͌҉͉̦̜̝ͅ@lemmy.tgxn.net
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      Last I checked, those aren’t countries 😁

      • HowAbt2day@futurology.today
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        Not yet but just wait a few years.

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        Last I‘ve checked time traveling isn’t real but here you are, with an account created in the year 2444.

      • SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world
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        Why do you hate America?

        • Denjin@feddit.uk
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          How long have you got?

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          Where to begin?..

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