ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 hours agoAll countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight linei.redd.itimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-down1imageAll countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight linei.redd.itooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 hours agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareominous ocelot@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down1·8 hours agoAll countries are in a straight line. If you make it wide enough.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoOr 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.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes ago Or if you use a suitable projection https://sopuli.xyz/post/38642522/20935563
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·8 hours agoOr long enough, as it’s on a spheroid.
minus-squareominous ocelot@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·8 hours agoOr use the proper projection.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 hours agoYeah, like the Euler Projection.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agolol, accurate but a bit difficult to see a lot of continuity.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThe linked latitude longitude graph looked like it was all in a pretty straight lines though.
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoover on the non-federated link aggregation site, posts like this would be in /r/mapporncirclejerk, not the main map sub :/
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·8 hours agoIt’s actually a curved line
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoWhile true, this line is pretty narrow considering it is only showing one hemisphere.
All countries are in a straight line. If you make it wide enough.
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.
https://sopuli.xyz/post/38642522/20935563
Or long enough, as it’s on a spheroid.
Or use the proper projection.
Yeah, like the Euler Projection.
“Oh, I like this guy!”
lol, accurate but a bit difficult to see a lot of continuity.
The linked latitude longitude graph looked like it was all in a pretty straight lines though.
over on the non-federated link aggregation site, posts like this would be in /r/mapporncirclejerk, not the main map sub :/
It’s actually a curved line
While true, this line is pretty narrow considering it is only showing one hemisphere.