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Title text: Positive vibes/longitudes only


Transcript[There is a map of the world with positive longitudes and negative longitudes overlapping. Caption above the map:]

Bad Map Projection #152:
Longitude=ABS(Longitude)
Whoops, made all longitudes positive

[The land masses are represented in white, and the oceans in light grey. Some capital cities, countries and geographical features are labeled.]

[Near Siberia, among the other city names, is indicated:]

Franklin's very lost expedition


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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Deebster@lemmyrs.org to c/mapporn@lemmy.world
 
 

For non mathematicians, ABS() returns the absolute (i.e. positive) value of a number, e.g. abs(5) = 5 = abs(-5)

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https://xkcd.com/2807 I like how the Titanic ended up in the Caspian Sea

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