I'm always amazed at how much travel bullshit Australians go through to get anywhere, and this kind of makes me realize how it's even worse for New Zealand. Is there any country which has a higher average international flight duration?
The biggest landmass nearest to the edge is Africa (+a slight margin for human pleasure) so it probably made sense to keep that one intact for the readability of the map (cutting Alaska and Canada isn't actually that much km²).
It could have been rotated slightly to move Africa away from the edge, Canada back towards the rest of the Americas, then a slight move could avoid splitting any land, and NZ could be better centred
Wait, does this projection actually have slightly less overall landmass distortion (and slightly more ocean surface distortion) compared to the more popular ones?
41 Comments
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 109 pts · 1y
Fixed:
Nanook@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 1y
Perfect 👌
Timbo1970@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
I see nothing, where nothing should be...
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
Exactly what I expected! 😂
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 7 pts · 1y
Thanks, I hate it a lot.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 33 pts · 1y
(Ok, but wouldn't it be funny if this map was missing NZ too?)
frostythesnowman@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 1y
Most of the continents on the fringes of the map, so far far away. What a wonderful place to be with all the drama happening round the world
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 17 pts · 1y
This is not ok.
We aren't ready to be the center of attention yet.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Then you shouldn't have had such majestic wildlife and interesting culture
socsa@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
I'm always amazed at how much travel bullshit Australians go through to get anywhere, and this kind of makes me realize how it's even worse for New Zealand. Is there any country which has a higher average international flight duration?
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 1y
Auckland to Dubai....~17.5 hrs nonstop
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 1y
4 hours to Melbourne
MintyFresh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Still blooming, come back later
recentSloth43@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Middle earth
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
The Null Buoy has been given too much attention. Finally a place that's populated at least.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y
Panama always did look flimsy and bendable.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
That is step-Panama & it's stuck!
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
Such Zeal!
BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
So New. Wow
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
and?
chmod755@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y
Interesting perspective
LiterallyLMAO@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Excuse me, that's centre stage
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
This is more centered around Fiji tbh
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 20 pts · 1y
It's actually centred just off the coast of the southeastern corner of Australia
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Shhh, you'll give away the true location of New Zealand.
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
socsa@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
Maps without the correct concept of New Zealand.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
The biggest landmass nearest to the edge is Africa (+a slight margin for human pleasure) so it probably made sense to keep that one intact for the readability of the map (cutting Alaska and Canada isn't actually that much km²).
psud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
It could have been rotated slightly to move Africa away from the edge, Canada back towards the rest of the Americas, then a slight move could avoid splitting any land, and NZ could be better centred
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
How do you do this by accident? It would have cut off less of Alaska done properly, even.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Less of Alaska, but more of Africa.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Maybe OP is Mauritanian.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
But that would cut off more western Africa than the entire size of Alaska.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Hmm, I guess I didn't account for the projection. It does look like it's compressing Africa here.
sadbehr@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 1y
That's not Fiji...
dutchkimble@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 1y
The Gulf of Middle Earth
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Wait, does this projection actually have slightly less overall landmass distortion (and slightly more ocean surface distortion) compared to the more popular ones?
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Good luck walking any of these straight lines.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
All 2d map makers like happy gaily lines!
Fleur_@hilariouschaos.com · 2 pts · 1y
No
janus2@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Anei te Maori!