Miraz
Miraz

This map is so great — it puts New Zealand near the centre of the world, rather than falling off the edge (or not appearing at all).

a projection centered around Antarctica to emphasize the role of the oceans

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jean
jean

@Miraz That is really cool. Also, Oregon looks a lot closer to New Zealand in this representation.

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jean
jean

@Miraz Oh wait, never mind. That's Hawai'i. 🤦‍♀️

Going to bed now, before @kimonostereo reads this...

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Miraz
Miraz

@macgenie 😀 Yup. Pretty close. Hawai’i is only a roughly 12 hour flight away…

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tones
tones

@Miraz nz is the centre of the world :)

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aclaman
aclaman

@Miraz it took me about a minute to understand the orientation

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Miraz
Miraz

@tones Of course! 😎

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Miraz
Miraz

@aclaman I think it took me longer than that! Amazing perspective eh.

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Bruce
Bruce

@Miraz Amazing! I wonder if there is a way to put some sort of edge to the projection though? Right now it just bleeds into the background.

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Miraz
Miraz

@Bruce That’s something to ask the creators. Looks to me like an edge wouldn’t work as it needs to wrap around really.

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Bruce
Bruce

@Miraz I'm thinking of an edge like in a Goode homolosine projection. One's that's not a regular shape, but suggests the edges that would meet if the map were wrapped into a sphere.

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Miraz
Miraz

@Bruce OK. You’re way beyond any knowledge I have…

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Bruce
Bruce

@Miraz Oh, I just knew there was a map with weird edges and stumbled around Wikipedia until I found it. 🙃

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Miraz
Miraz

@skysandison 👍

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rustcellar
rustcellar

@Miraz This is so cool!

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Miraz
Miraz

@rustcellar People who make maps are so clever!

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