Merged Mercator projection to be phased out?

[Helen]

Personally I've never agreed with moving the centre of the world away from Jerusalem...

Or Rome.

For me, it will always be Uruk.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

What do you think GPS does?
It replaces the daily position fix with a Sextant.

Don't conflate GPS with digital charting.
They are separate things.

You mean cargo ships don't have a phone holder on the bridge so the captain can use Waze (Wavez?) to navigate? Catch up guys!

 

[P.J. Denyer]

For me, it will always be Uruk.

In this age of digital mapping Trump can write an executive order saying that all maps must be centered on wherever he is at the time.

 

[Helen]

In this age of digital mapping Trump can write an executive order saying that all maps must be centered on wherever he is at the time.

In which case the centre will be more Uruk Hai, than Uruk.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

In this age of digital mapping Trump can write an executive order saying that all maps must be centered on wherever he is at the time.

Don't give him ideas, please.

 

[Darat]

"Social geography"? Sounds like something invented to pacify a particular population.

It fell under geography when I was in secondary school - so been around for at least 5 decades.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Or Rome.

No, no, no. The omphalos is at Delphi. Zeus figured it out using an experiment! He set two eagles at opposite ends of the earth and had them fly towards each other. Where they met must be the center! Sure, he assumed they flew the same speed constantly, and in a straight line, and failed to notice a sphere doesn't actually have ends, but apart from that it was a very good experiment. Bless his heart, he was doing his very best.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

Bless his heart, he was doing his very best.

He also did not account for the fact that each eagle could only cover half the remaining distance at any given point in the exercise.

 

[W.D.Clinger]

Here's the USA's preferred map.

View attachment 75470

Russia. North Korea.

I'm legitimately surprised that there are 167 posts on this. From people who use the internet regularly, and who probably haven't used a paper map in decades.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if @Emily's Cat hasn't used a paper map in decades, and her its generalization of that personal experience to assume the same of all others is an example of autoethnography.

I always use a paper map when tramping in the hills, or when sailing. Unlike GPS there's no risk of Russian jamming or battery failure. Electronic charts with GPS are OK, particularly to see if you are drifting off your planned heading.

(Edited to correct an erroneous pronoun.)

 

[Steve]

Russia. North Korea.



It wouldn't surprise me one bit if @Emily's Cat hasn't used a paper map in decades, and her generalization of that personal experience to assume the same of all others is an example of autoethnography.

minor point - I believe Emily's Cat is male.

 

[W.D.Clinger]

minor point - I believe Emily's Cat is male.

I apologize for my error. Once upon a time, when @Emily's Cat was rejecting all gendered pronouns, I asked it whether that meant we should refer to it as "it". It replied in the affirmative, and I usually remember to do that. This time, I just forgot. Sorry.

 

[TragicMonkey]

I don't really use maps because I rarely go anywhere, but I do love looking at them. Seeing a different projection renders the familiar unfamiliar, which is always interesting. Can't we just enjoy seeing from different perspectives without arguing that one or another must necessarily be the best one? To me it seems some of y'all are arguing over whether tacos are superior to pizza. There's room for both in a diet, if not the same meal.

 

[Steve]

I apologize for my error. Once upon a time, when @Emily's Cat was rejecting all gendered pronouns, I asked it whether that meant we should refer to it as "it". It replied in the affirmative, and I usually remember to do that. This time, I just forgot. Sorry.

It, in reference to a cat, is appropriate.

 

[steenkh]

It, in reference to a cat, is appropriate.

Cat owners that I know would reject this vigorously.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Russia. North Korea.

I didn't even notice and that's hilarious.

 

[theprestige]

And yet it's not the American mission to the UN that proposed that body adopt a map that assigns territory to nations that don't have a legitimate claim.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

I don't really use maps because I rarely go anywhere, but I do love looking at them. Seeing a different projection renders the familiar unfamiliar, which is always interesting. Can't we just enjoy seeing from different perspectives without arguing that one or another must necessarily be the best one? To me it seems some of y'all are arguing over whether tacos are superior to pizza. There's room for both in a diet, if not the same meal.

Of course, and there's lots of good ones to choose from. I like the heart shaped ones, myself .


Be warned, though. Your choice of map projection might set you up to be pigeonholed in unexpected ways.

 

[Steve]

Cat owners that I know would reject this vigorously.

We have are owned by cats.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

I think the problem would be solved if we switched names with Madagascar and Greenland.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

I found the real problem.


It's the Pacific Ocean!
No E-pene is even close.