Randall Munroe, “Bad Map Projection: Time Zones,” 15 February 2017. xkcd. Especially he focused on map projections, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, as in 977: Map Projections. You think the segway got a bad rap. Areas near the poles in this projection are fairly distorted, but the distortion is greatly reduced when moving toward the equator.]] Sincerely, xkcd_bot. Title text: This is probably the first projection in cartographic history that can be criticized for its disproportionate focus on Finland, Mongolia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first was released just over a month before this one and was … For the good of mobile users! You think that when we look at a map, what we really see is ourselves. You're worried it's getting played out, and are thinking of switching to the Kavrayskiy. Don't get it? Dymaxion In this the world is distorted to fit into a perfect square, centred on Africa.]] The continents stretch out radially from the centre of the map and bits of Antarctica are visible in each corner of the projection.]] [[This projection maps latitude and longitude to a rectangular grid, leading to significant longitudinal distortion near the poles.]] “Trash” via xkcd.com “Wifi” via xkcd.com “Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize” via xkcd.com “Emails” via xkcd.com; Screening for Colorectal Neoplasia via Now@NEJM; A Woman with Progressive Loss of Language via Now@... “Team Chat” via xkcd.com “Artifacts” via xkcd.com “Appliance Repair” via xkcd.com 2016 (1609) A long time after releasing that comic, which did not say the projections were bad, but clearly showed how different Earth's countries looks in different maps, he continues the list of projections (well, with Bad Map Projections he made himself) in what turned out to be a series, of three comics so far. projecting? This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). If you just look at the map and think a place is good or bad, you are missing the whole story. You think we wouldn't have so many problems if we'd just elect before "Nat Geo" showed up. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. The Beatles was a rock band that enjoyed great commercial success in the 1960s, and are widely considered the best act … Van Der Grinten [[This is a square projection centred over the north pole. This morning’s is called “Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize.” Or: when Photoshop algorithms attack. You want to avoid cultural imperialism but you've heard bad things about Gall-Peters. You change your car's oil, but secretly wonder if you really [[The Goode Homolosine projection attempts to minimise distortion by combining two equal area projections onto a split projection. ! {{Title text: What's that? and xkcd 만화 2256: Bad Map Projection: South America를 한국어 번역으로 보세요. The result is a rectangular image with the poles vertically compressed, and land near the equator stretched.]] Waterman Butterfly [[This projection displays the continents inside a perfectly circular frame. Every so often Randall Monroe puts up a map-related xkcd cartoon, and each time I dutifully post about it. More details. The simple version is that a map projection can distort things. You like how It became the standard map projection for nautical purposes because of its ability to represent lines of constant course, known as rhumb lines or loxodromes, as straight segments. It freaks you out to realise that everyone around you has a skeleton inside them. You have a comfortable pair of running shoes that you wear everywhere. You like easy solutions. to. You think I don't like the Peters map because I'm uncomfortable with having my cultural assumptions challenged? Mercator Gall-Peters His site has posters of his map, plus maybe the world's only Winkel Tripel-critiquing poetry. (If he does this often enough he’ll have enough for a book. You love the Mercator projection; you just wish it weren't so square. Robinson But the third was just plain black and white. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. , you sat silent in the theater for six hours. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. x <3 This XKCD comic is right up my alley: The projection does a good job preserving both distance and azimuth, at the cost of really exaggerating how many South Americas there are. The earth's not a square, it's a circle. [[The Dymaxion projection attempts to unfold the earth into a polyhedral net, centred on the north pole. You're not a complicated person. Are you doing anything tonight? XKCD 'Bad Map Projection: South America' → January 18, 2020 by Marc Handelman in XKCD , Satire , Sarcasm , Geo-Spatial Humor January 18, 2020 / Marc Handelman ‣ Circumference of lines of latitude getting smaller, map’s width staying constant! Pierce Quincuncial Winkel-Tripel XKCD 'Bad Map Projection: South America' → January 18, 2020 by Marc Handelman in XKCD , Satire , Sarcasm , Geo-Spatial Humor January 18, 2020 / Marc Handelman This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). The infamous Mercator projection being a … https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Bad_Map_Projections&oldid=193967. Randall has been into maps for a long time on xkcd. ‣ This means different y scales in different parts of the map.! "Bad Map Projection: Time Zones" via xkcd.com Posted on infosnack . This series began in January 2017, and that it was a series became clear when it got its second installments in February 2017.But then it took three years until the third came in January 2020.. Randall has been into maps for a long time on xkcd. The one presented here is #107 and is it called the "Liquid Resize." Bad map projections: All South Americas By https://xkcd.com/2256/ This comic shows a map projection in which countries are placed according to the time zones that they fall under. explain xkcd. Especially he focused on map projections, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, as in 977: Map Projections. They say mapping the earth on a 2D surface is like flattening an orange peel, which seems easy enough to you. normal Sincerely, xkcd_bot. You type in Dvorak. You think airlines should just buy food from the restaurants near the gates and serve You're not really into maps. So far they have the following numbers, listed in number order rather than release order; for the first two comics this order are the opposite! You like coffee and enjoy the Beatles. You once left a party in disgust when a guest showed up wearing shoes with toes. [[It's a globe.]] <3 The map has no set shape, instead it looks to be made out of a series of triangles.]] You want me to stop asking about maps so you can enjoy dinner. The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. National Geographic switched to this projection in 1988, and used it for ten years, switching to the Winkel-Tripel in 1998.. This may give promise of several more bad projections. ...Listen, forget these questions. I *claps* Goode Homolosine This map of the lower 48 US states hand-drawn by XKCD’s Randall Munroe is super clever: 7 of the states are actually missing. This is the third comic in the series of Bad Map Projections. This series began in January 2017, and that it was a series became clear when it got its second installments in February 2017. Randall Munroe is a bad man who is back with another bad map projection to make our eyes bleed. Yes, you're very clever. Bad Map Projection: South America (alt-text) The projection does a good job preserving both distance and azimuth, at the cost of really exaggerating how many South Americas there are. So far, the first two have been released using a similar six color scheme, like a political map with each country in a different color than its closest neighbors. [[Another rectangular projection, this map suffers significant distortion near the poles, and significant latitudinal distortion in general.]] This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). (Equirectangular) Even now that I know which ones are gone, the map doesn’t look out of place at all. You think this one is fine. you. [[The Winkel-Tripel projection is similar to the Robinson projection, with less distortion at the poles. - "/co/ - Comics & Cartoons" is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of Western cartoons and comics. really looked at your hands. The other projections overcomplicate things. Much is made about how one of the most common map projections (Mercator) makes Greenland look huge and Africa and North America about the same size when Africa is considerably bigger. Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize (alt-text) This map preserves the shapes of Tissot's indicatrices pretty well, as long as you draw them in before running the resize. The continents are displayed with similar distortion to what you would see in the Robinson or Winkel-Tripel projections.]] Maybe the pandemic is starting continuing to rot my brain, but I stared at this for an embarrassingly long time before finding any of the absent states. No world projection is good at preserving distances everywhere; Peters's and all other cylindric projections are especially bad in that regard because east-west distances inevitably balloon toward the poles. Inception I am a human typing with human hands. I bet you never noticed that South America can kind of approximate most of the world’s other continents pretty well. 汉化的xkcd.com漫画，中文xkcd漫画有多个来源，详见各条目。 ... [2256] Bad Map Projection: South America [2255] Tattoo Ideas [2254] JPEG2000 [2253] Star Wars Voyager 1 ... [977] Map Projections [974] The General Problem [971] Alternative Literature [970] The Important Field [969] Delta-P [968] Everything You're conflict-averse and buy organic.l You use a recently-invented set of gender-neutral pronouns and think that what the world needs is a revolution in consciousness. The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by the Belgian geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator, in 1569. ((The second column of projections starts here.)) This comic shows a map projection in which every continent and large island has just been replaced with a differently scaled and rotated version of the continent of South America. A short, friendly guide to basic principles of thematic mapping" Arts XKCD (comics) Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize; Map Projections; Artists using mapping projection [[A drawing of the Robinson projection is shown. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. Your favourite musical genre is "post-". Plate Carrée The Robinson projection was developed by Arthur H. Robinson as a map that was supposed to look nice and is often used for classroom maps. What your favourite Map Projection says about you. that Bad Map Projection: South America → This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. Direct image link: Bad Map Projection: South America. 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