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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Mapping the Earth
« on: June 26, 2019, 07:14:14 AM »
It is true a sphere cannot be mapped to a flat plane. And you raise a fair point, if you could map a flat world with no distortion, where is said map?
If you look at the flat earth map all flat earthers use, the azimuthal equidistant projection, with lines of latitude & longitude to assist, you can see that the cells get wider and wider the further you move from the north pole. I must stress these are supposed to be SQUARES. That's the reason Australia looks twice as wide as it really is - because the map is distorted. And why is it distorted? Well, I'm sure you can come to that conclusion yourself.
If you look at the flat earth map all flat earthers use, the azimuthal equidistant projection, with lines of latitude & longitude to assist, you can see that the cells get wider and wider the further you move from the north pole. I must stress these are supposed to be SQUARES. That's the reason Australia looks twice as wide as it really is - because the map is distorted. And why is it distorted? Well, I'm sure you can come to that conclusion yourself.