robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down113
arrow-up1825arrow-down1imageThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoI don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 hours 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-up5·6 hours 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-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoWell not exactly because it’s still a misleading projection, because Spain is also incorrectly projected given how far north it is
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoI meant misleading in a relative sense. In any case, this post makes no sense to me.
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…
Well not exactly because it’s still a misleading projection, because Spain is also incorrectly projected given how far north it is
I meant misleading in a relative sense. In any case, this post makes no sense to me.