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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by marc_abonce on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:53PM (#36427492)
I've seen this type of post/thread many times, and yet I still learn something new every time.

For example, I'd never noticed until today that so much of Scotland is actually west of England because Great Britain doesn't actually go straight-up north to south but is rather "tilted".

I also didn't know that Papua was so big, before today I wondered how could there be so much linguistic diversity in what I though was a medium sized island.

So I don't mind the geography trivia from time to time.

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by KineticLensman on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:16AM (#36431689)
> For example, I'd never noticed until today that so much of Scotland is actually west of England because Great Britain doesn't actually go straight-up north to south but is rather "tilted".

Even as a Brit this sometimes catches me out. I live near Bournemouth which is approx in the middle of the south coast of England. If I draw a straight line due North, it's only just inside Scotland. ALL of Scotland is west of London.

Unrelatedly, the other amusing fact is that when the ISS goes overhead (256 miles high at perigee), it is much closer to me than Glasgow (450 miles away).

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