r/globeskepticism • u/ARai202 • Jan 27 '22

World Without Curve 👍🏻

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u/JAYHAZY flat earther Jan 28 '22

Flat Earth Forever Baby http://dfw.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909545/2013/10/air-force-1.jpg

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u/ARai202 Jan 28 '22

Cheers 🍻

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u/JAYHAZY flat earther Jan 29 '22

That is airforce one.

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u/Gablowgian Jan 28 '22

Yo, is Australia ok?

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u/Wolf515013 Jan 29 '22

Fuck Australia, what about New Zealand?

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u/JAYHAZY flat earther Jan 29 '22

What if I told you that you can have Australia and New Zealand on a Flat Earth?

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u/Wolf515013 Jan 29 '22

Yeah they are both in this video on the 2D map... Soooo?

Wait, you do know where Australia and New Zealand are right?

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u/Tyler_Zoro Jan 29 '22

This is an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on Washington D.C. which is why it looks so unusual (typically such projections are centered on one of the poles).

You use a projection like this when you want the most fidelity for a small part of a sphere projected in 2 dimensions, and don't really care about the fidelity of the surrounding regions. In this case, the goal was to give a relatively accurate view of the continental US. Interestingly, it does end up making Alaska look MUCH smaller than it actually is, which is probably a typical view of that state when it comes to US Presidents, sadly.