robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 days agoThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10
arrow-up176arrow-down1imageThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoI don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoMercator’s deformation show up when you move countries north/south. Since Portugal only moved slightly East the apparent size basically didn’t change. (You can even see and compare real Portugal just left of the red projection)
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoRight. The reason I don’t get the post is that I thought everyone would know and see this ^ I feel like this post is taking a picture of a cube, calling it a cube, then I’m supposed to doubt that it’s a cube. Which I wouldn’t…
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoThat’s right, it goes in the square hole
I don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
Mercator’s deformation show up when you move countries north/south. Since Portugal only moved slightly East the apparent size basically didn’t change. (You can even see and compare real Portugal just left of the red projection)
Right. The reason I don’t get the post is that I thought everyone would know and see this ^
I feel like this post is taking a picture of a cube, calling it a cube, then I’m supposed to doubt that it’s a cube. Which I wouldn’t…
That’s right, it goes in the square hole