If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
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If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
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Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#2Wow, so Chile has a spot where you can go around the globe and end up back in Chile...that is cool.
Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#3Meaning Chile is the only country in the world that completely "owns" a latitude. Cool..
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#4somebody doesn't know squat about map projections...
Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#5somebody doesn't know squat about map projections...
care to explain?
Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#6Meaning Chile is the only country in the world that completely "owns" a latitude. Cool..
Denmark at the top as well.
This is a nice visualisation too (linked from that page).
Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#7This really shows just how "landlocked" [1] the People's Republic of China is by the chain of islands bordering it -- they have less ocean-facing coastline than Morocco, Portugal, and even Mauritania. Next time you read about the PRC (a) trying to assert naval power in the South China Sea, or (b) maintaining claims to Taiwan despite having never controlled it, think of this map and the near complete absence of the PRC on it. Access to the Pacific Ocean is critical to their strategic growth.
edit: [1] see grandchild comment
Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#8somebody doesn't know squat about map projections...
care to explain?
The above poster is mistaking the "rule" that only the Mercator projection allows for straight lines to represent the meridians and parallels of the map. While this is true for both longitude and latitude on Mercator, only longitudes are allowed to be straight on pseudocylindrical projections (like the one shown in the OP). Since the map in the OP only draws along horizontal lines it's fine to use that type of projection.
Cylindrical (Mercator): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mercator_projection_SW.jp...
Pseudocylindrical (Wagner): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wagner_VI_projection_SW.j...
Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#9It would be cooler if it took the shape of the beach into account, and showed what would be across the ocean if you were oriented along the tangent line.
Re: If you’re on the beach, this map shows you what’s across the ocean
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
care to explain?
The above poster is mistaking the "rule" that only the Mercator projection allows for straight lines to represent the meridians and parallels of the map. While this is true for both longitude and latitude on Mercator, only longitudes are allowed to be straight on pseudocylindrical projections (like the one shown in the OP). Since the map in the OP only draws along horizontal lines it's fine to use that type of projec…
I do indeed stand corrected. The projection wasn't stated and I presumed too much without really inspecting it.