The Picard ManeuverM to Cartography [email protected]English • 6 hours agoTechnically correctimagemessage-square9arrow-up1199arrow-down15
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minus-squarehopelinkEnglish9•5 hours agoFun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 hours agoSo this is only technically true. If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
Fun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
https://xkcd.com/503/
So this is only technically true.
If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.