Which anyone who uses it for navigation thoroughly understands. Because the distortion is a convenience for navigational simplicity. I get the idea that hardly anyone here has looked at maps.
This thread is split between those who understand the concept of a projection map and those who could not find their ass with both their hands when they are sitting on them without a GPS.
They would be unable to navigate a greasy stick up a dogs ass.
"The distortion is just a cold hard fact of reality unless you want to carry a globe" - me
I recommend OP carry the largest possible globe at all times as a conscientious way of combating this problem and of waving the flag for those who have never flown, sailed, ortienteered or perambulated with intention but who wish to call into question age old techniques for doing so.
If so, then you would expect the effect in the Northern Hemisphere to be repeated on the southern hemisphere .....
It is just a totally distorted map, indeed.
Which anyone who uses it for navigation thoroughly understands. Because the distortion is a convenience for navigational simplicity. I get the idea that hardly anyone here has looked at maps.
This thread is split between those who understand the concept of a projection map and those who could not find their ass with both their hands when they are sitting on them without a GPS.
They would be unable to navigate a greasy stick up a dogs ass.
"The distortion is just a cold hard fact of reality unless you want to carry a globe" - me
I recommend OP carry the largest possible globe at all times as a conscientious way of combating this problem and of waving the flag for those who have never flown, sailed, ortienteered or perambulated with intention but who wish to call into question age old techniques for doing so.