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Re:The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection by samatman on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:50AM (#25109549)
Call me weird if you must, but I would prefer a globe rotate in the same fashion as the planet does: around the poles.
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Re:The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection by mkl on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:24AM (#25110134)
That's perfectly compatible with the poles being on the sides and the equator being on a vertical plane. In fact, many globes can be tilted to this position and the main rotation still happens around the poles.
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Re:The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection by samatman on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:20PM (#25115822)
Granted, but surely that would place "all points" on the equator "on top" rather than "some point"?
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Re:The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection by xvedejas on Monday November 16, 2020 @07:41PM (#25119043)
You're right, I spoke imprecisely. Some point on top to begin with, any other equatorial point you want with a quick spin.
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Re:The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection by thaumasiotes on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:56AM (#25111620)
They all do, but you can have more than one dimension of rotation.

Look at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085K2ZPWB/ .

You're still free to spin the earth backwards, though.

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