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Mercator is still the best projection, except for continent-specific conic projection maps.
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Apr 29, 2016 19:49
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They were on all the drugs when they made them. I saw it.
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Apr 29, 2016 20:10
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steinrokkan posted:Mercator is still the best projection, except for continent-specific conic projection maps. What the gently caress is this
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Apr 29, 2016 22:10
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Plate carrée is best for general use, unless you're navigating. Butterfly is best for being a map for maps sake.
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Apr 29, 2016 22:32
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I'm glad we're finally beginning to admit to ourselves that Norway isn't real
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Apr 30, 2016 02:16
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Eckert III is the best world map projection.
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Apr 30, 2016 02:19
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It's Kavrayskiy VII by a mile.
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Apr 30, 2016 02:58
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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The best map projection is probably Rygel XVI.
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Apr 30, 2016 03:07
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Anything more complex than equirectangular is overthinking it.
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Apr 30, 2016 03:45
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Powered Descent posted:Anything more complex than equirectangular is overthinking it. Oblate-spheroidal globes only. Anything else is a lie. Also they must be printed so that the names of cities and countries and such can be read from any direction.
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Apr 30, 2016 10:17
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Go Dymaxion or go home.
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Apr 30, 2016 10:23
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No! Stop now, everyone!
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Apr 30, 2016 13:16
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In what map is Europe the biggest continent and is north always up?
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Apr 30, 2016 13:47
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This one.
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Apr 30, 2016 13:53
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:If we're posting stupid maps made for children, here's a couple I found at a closeout store last xmas: Greater China is strong 
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Apr 30, 2016 13:54
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Guavanaut posted:This one. The north isn't quite always up on that one.
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Apr 30, 2016 15:19
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steinrokkan posted:Mercator is still the best projection, except for continent-specific conic projection maps. Ban this sick filth.
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Apr 30, 2016 16:27
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It's called a globe. Get one, it's neat.
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Apr 30, 2016 17:22
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As I was saying, some globes are too inaccurately round.
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Apr 30, 2016 17:26
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cheerfullydrab posted:As I was saying, some globes are too inaccurately round. Also a globe will rotate along a fixed axis while the Earth rotational axis wobbles a bit. + The actual Earth is hollow.
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Apr 30, 2016 17:33
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It's full of Nazi reptiloids though, so it evens out
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Apr 30, 2016 17:47
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What It would be to live in a cylindrical planet? Ask the players of Empyrion. Empyrion is one of these sandbox games where you craft tools, build bases and vehicles with cubes. Is currently in development, and they don't have implemented spherical worlds yet. The map for the planets are cylindrical. Players can smootly transition from the surface of the planet to space, where they see the planet has a sphere. The devs had a funny idea to stop people going to the parts of their cylindrical map that don't really exist. That part of the map is covered by a huge forcefield. http://youtu.be./jILIaEKAa1M?t=16m38s http://steamcommunity.com/app/383120/discussions/0/451851477891132064/
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Apr 30, 2016 22:09
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Tei posted:What It would be to live in a cylindrical planet? Thank you, ad bot, for your subtle commercial suggestions!
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Apr 30, 2016 22:12
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steinrokkan posted:Thank you, ad bot, for your subtle commercial suggestions! hhaha.. I have played other similar games where planets are 2D planes, or even cubes, or even dodecadrems. Make for some funny things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQyWmyl47AU
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Apr 30, 2016 22:38
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Tei posted:hhaha.. I have played other similar games where planets are 2D planes, or even cubes, or even dodecadrems. Make for some funny things. Woah, a Minecraft clone with a gimmick, what a revolutionary concept
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Apr 30, 2016 22:43
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Lets go back to maps. Planets are boring. Sorry for this detour 
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Apr 30, 2016 22:52
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Some old games (and perhaps new ones too) have a simple switch to the other end when you fly off the map. When you fly off the west end, you appear on the east, makes sense. But in a lot of them, if you fly off the north end, you appear in the far south. Final Fantasy IV certainly did that. A world in which such a map makes sense is theoretically possible. A world like that would have a torus (donut) shape. I think that if we lived on a world like that, map projection chat would be even worse.
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Apr 30, 2016 23:16
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Carbon dioxide posted:A world in which such a map makes sense is theoretically possible. A world like that would have a torus (donut) shape. I think that if we lived on a world like that, map projection chat would be even worse. If the universe is not infinite, possibly works like you describe. So if you move in a straight line long enough, you return to the starting position. I think this article describe is exactly like that "infinitelly finite". But I am not a physic guy. http://phys.org/news/2015-05-universe.html Tei fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Apr 30, 2016 |
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Apr 30, 2016 23:30
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  "Heating degree days are defined relative to a base temperature—the outside temperature above which a building needs no heating. The most appropriate base temperature for any particular building depends on the temperature that the building is heated to, and the nature of the building (including the heat-generating occupants and equipment within it). The base temperature is usually an indoor temperature of 18 °C or 19 °C (~65 °F) which is adequate for human comfort. A similar measurement, cooling degree day (CDD), reflects the amount of energy used to cool a home or business."
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Apr 30, 2016 23:37
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Carbon dioxide posted:Some old games (and perhaps new ones too) have a simple switch to the other end when you fly off the map. When you fly off the west end, you appear on the east, makes sense. But you can perfectly map/project the torus to a plane so there's no discussion on projections? And you just did that in fact. http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/360533/torus-by-identifying-two-equivalent-points-mod-mathbbz2
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Apr 30, 2016 23:52
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The Belgian posted:But you can perfectly map/project the torus to a plane so there's no discussion on projections? And you just did that in fact. I was thinking the inner circle of the torus would be smaller than the outer circle so you get a map where the middle is wider than the far ends or something. I suppose doing what they do in that video and turning the cylinder as you go along the torus would solve that. Except, if you make a map out of that you don't preserve the important bits of a torus: the innermost and outermost circles as a straight line on the map. These lines would be important to, for instance, describe what someone would see when looking up from a certain point on the torus. So the projection with the blobby shape would be useful in some ways.
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May 1, 2016 00:42
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Having just seen "Monte Isa" on that delightful hypercolour globe, I have to ask- is there a word for towns that only appear on maps for the sake of filling otherwise blank space?
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May 1, 2016 03:41
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Tree Bucket posted:Having just seen "Monte Isa" on that delightful hypercolour globe, I have to ask- is there a word for towns that only appear on maps for the sake of filling otherwise blank space? I don't know, but it seems fairly common. When I was a kid we had a globe that had Uranium City labeled on it, apparently just to have something to put there.
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May 1, 2016 04:13
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May 2, 2016 01:18
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Aliquid posted:injustice.jpg Florida is not the south. Well, the actionhandle is. I wonder why I can't get biscuits all day in Pensacola.
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May 2, 2016 01:46
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Aliquid posted:injustice.jpg 
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May 2, 2016 02:31
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Lord Wexia posted:Florida is not the south. Could be a franchising thing. In that Florida McDonalds' are operated by the same people who operate NE franchises.
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May 2, 2016 02:32
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Aliquid posted:injustice.jpg Is Southern Indiana muffin or biscuit territory? Noboby knows, as the giant McBiscuit covers it. Great job!
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May 2, 2016 03:09
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I live in rural northern Illinois and we have the biscuit menu. What the gently caress local franchise people.
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May 2, 2016 03:17
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Aliquid posted:injustice.jpg God their muffins are loving hockeypucks. Who eats those? We're stuck with them up here, which is probably a godsend because if they had the biscuits all day I'd be on My 600 Pound Life next year.
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