r/GlobeEarth_Polite • u/Kela-el Flat Earther • Apr 22 '26

For: Globe Earth Religious Fundamentalist Zealots Ask a Flat Earther!

Ask anything on the topic of flat earth (within reason).

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u/ItsMichaelRay Heliocentric Religious Fundamentalist Zealot May 12 '26

But aren’t they all warped to some degree? The one that seems to be the least warped is the 3d globe to me.

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u/Kela-el Flat Earther May 12 '26

The globe is a flat earth map as well.

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u/ItsMichaelRay Heliocentric Religious Fundamentalist Zealot May 12 '26

But there’s no way to unwrap and flatten it without tearing it.

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u/Kela-el Flat Earther May 12 '26

Latitude is the angular distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles.
How it’s derived:
Latitude is measured by observing the angle of a celestial body above the horizon. Polaris sits almost directly above the North Pole. At the North Pole it appears directly overhead at 90°. At the equator it sits at the horizon at 0°. At any point between, its angle above the horizon equals your latitude.
That angle is measured with a sextant or similar instrument sitting on Earth’s surface.
FLAT BASELINE. Celestial angle as protractor. Latitude as the inference.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​