Comment on xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• chtk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I like how the globe for Australia keeps the trend of not including New Zealand going.

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  • sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ha, I missed that! 😁

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    • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      so did the cartographer

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  • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I mean, NZ would be its own globe because it’s a separate country.

    But the Australia globe is potentially missing Tasmania.

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    • msfroh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Is it it’s own continent? Because each sphere is a continent.

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      • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Doesn’t it have to be if it’s an island? I feel pretty stupid right now lol

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