114 This Map thing bothers me a lot, and nobody cares when I talk about it (twitter.com) posted 1 year ago by Speakfree 1 year ago by Speakfree +122 / -8 86 comments share 86 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Isn’t it this way because it is impossible to accurately display a spherical map, on a flat surface?
Correct, and the main distorted map we use works perfectly for ship navigation, so a straight line on the flat map points to the correct compass heading for navigation to that location in real life. Folded paper is much more convenient than a giant sphere model.
So we basically draw like a "fish eye" lense view of an unwrapped earth on a flat paper so that when we fly or sail we go where we point?
Basically yeah, if you use a ruler and pen and measure the angle of where you want to go then follow that angle on a compass bearing, it will work. Apologies for the vox link xD.