lars@lemmy.sdf.org to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTime of the year’s earliest sunsetweb.archive.orgimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoAlso the Mercator projection is infamously inaccurate. I’m surprised the straight lines are straight, actually.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 months agoThis is absolutely not Mercator (otherwise, meridians would be all vertical and the Polar Circle a straight horizontal boundary), and the diagonal lines do not quite appear straight.
Also the Mercator projection is infamously inaccurate. I’m surprised the straight lines are straight, actually.
This is absolutely not Mercator (otherwise, meridians would be all vertical and the Polar Circle a straight horizontal boundary), and the diagonal lines do not quite appear straight.