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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

What would the world's largest cities be like if the land masses were rotated by 90 degrees?

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What would the world's largest cities be like if the land masses were rotated by 90 degrees?

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago
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    9 days ago

    On which axis?

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      9 days ago

      They show an example in the video, it’s just swapping the equator and the prime meridian. Hence why Britain (self-declared center of the world at GMT+0) ends up on the new equator.

      The more detailed article on XKCD’s site specifies they’re using the Cassini Projection:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini_projection

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