Soldato
You mean it’s not flat??? What??? 
The geographical peculiarities of the British Isles.
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All the various parts of the UK are made up of hundreds of different rock types. Unlike many other much largers countries which have but a few. This is due to the UK being made up of multiple different land masses from across the globe, coming together over billions of years.
You mean it’s not flat??? What???
I’ve always thought we flew through space like Zod.
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Soldato
Yeah I had a good old globe as a kid , the 2d maps are all compromises for sure
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I’ve always liked the Robinson projection.
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The mercator projection is primarily to aid navigation at sea. It keeps the headings correct despite the earth being a globe. So you can take a heading off the map and apply it at sea and it works.
Well, it's quite a distance.
However, parts of Newcastle upon Tyne are further north than the most southerly point of Scotland.
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Soldato
The meres and waters of the English Lake District are arranged radially possibly to indicate a much higher central peak eroded in past glacial eras.
Anglesey may once have been a mighty volcano as high as the alps in France and Italy.
Much of the British Isles archipelago lay under ice hundreds of feet thick leading to a preponderance of over consolidated boulder clays. This overlaid the carboniferous forests compressed to form coal seams or oil reservoirs over millions of years.
Anglesey may once have been a mighty volcano as high as the alps in France and Italy.
Much of the British Isles archipelago lay under ice hundreds of feet thick leading to a preponderance of over consolidated boulder clays. This overlaid the carboniferous forests compressed to form coal seams or oil reservoirs over millions of years.
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¡?Where's the cheesy punchline¿!
Thanks, Christmas ruined, UB's crying.
:edit: ugh why is Edinburgh so west. That's bigly painly.
Thanks, Christmas ruined, UB's crying.
:edit: ugh why is Edinburgh so west. That's bigly painly.
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This is one of the maps I have in my shack.
Why do I have a great circle map with the bearings written on so they're actually readable?
Because I need to know which way to point the aerial. If I want to talk to people in North America, I point it at 300° rather than the 270° that would be suggested by a Mercator map projection. New Zealand is between North and 40°, not the 120° or so that a Mercator map would suggest and Alaska is 340°, not 280°.
Why do I have a great circle map with the bearings written on so they're actually readable?
Because I need to know which way to point the aerial. If I want to talk to people in North America, I point it at 300° rather than the 270° that would be suggested by a Mercator map projection. New Zealand is between North and 40°, not the 120° or so that a Mercator map would suggest and Alaska is 340°, not 280°.