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Re:The largest city in each 10x10 degree latitude/longitude box by NopeNotToday on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:25AM (#23639839)
He's not making a mathematical definition of the areas. 'area' or 'box' is a simple description that everyone can understand. And the map projection used does form squares.
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Re:The largest city in each 10x10 degree latitude/longitude box by chrisseaton on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:57AM (#23640159)
> And the map projection used does form squares.

Some of those squares have zero-length edges.

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Re:The largest city in each 10x10 degree latitude/longitude box by jtbayly on Thursday June 25, 2020 @10:33AM (#23641182)
Which is really cool. Also very confusing!
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