robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1920arrow-down113
arrow-up1907arrow-down1imageThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squarePk_thunder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 day agoThis might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoI don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day 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-up7·1 day 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-down1·9 hours agoThat’s right, it goes in the square hole
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day 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-up2·1 day agoI meant misleading in a relative sense. In any case, this post makes no sense to me.
This might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha
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
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.