@[email protected] to Map [email protected]English • 1 year agoNo hurricane has ever crossed the equatori.redd.itimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down111cross-posted to: mapporn
arrow-up1278arrow-down1imageNo hurricane has ever crossed the equatori.redd.it@[email protected] to Map [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: mapporn
minus-squareChetzemokalinkfedilink16•1 year agoMost map projections dramatically underestimate the size of the Pacific Ocean: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/point-nemo We’re just not used to seeing this half of the planet depicted, and the Pacific IS almost half of the entire planet.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoIt is centered on the Pacific Ocean, which is a bit unusual indeed
minus-square@FlickOfTheBeanlink7•1 year agoThis probably isn’t what happened to you, but my brain assumed the dark areas were the land masses for a good long while until I realized why it looked like a nonsense map lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat happened to me too! Was fighting my brain to remember water blue
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoLooks pretty typical for an Aussie. Pacific in the middle.
Is it just me or does this world map look off?
Most map projections dramatically underestimate the size of the Pacific Ocean:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/point-nemo
We’re just not used to seeing this half of the planet depicted, and the Pacific IS almost half of the entire planet.
It is centered on the Pacific Ocean, which is a bit unusual indeed
This probably isn’t what happened to you, but my brain assumed the dark areas were the land masses for a good long while until I realized why it looked like a nonsense map lol
That happened to me too! Was fighting my brain to remember water blue
Looks pretty typical for an Aussie. Pacific in the middle.