iironhydroxide sh.itjust.works8Hide 8 repliesMaybe I'm not understanding. Isn't Australia an island, so wouldn't it show as some kind of "lake" like new Zealand is?27
DDampyr 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 replylemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesI was confused as well and I found this coloured version and this version with sea connections (green for Panama and Suez canal) that helped me to understand!29
iironhydroxide replysh.itjust.worksThank you. Still kinda a weird how they have it laid out. Granted I'm no cartographer, I don't know the struggles of projecting a sphere on a plane.12
JJackcooper replylemmy.worldThe Continental divides split the continents in half as there's no water that goes fully over them. That's awesome!3
ggrue replylemmy.worldThat's because they're only fake continents who don't realize they're just parts of Afro-eurasia. Hell, Europe is just a peninsula with delusions of grandeur.11
pprettybunnys replysh.itjust.works2Hide 2 repliesWe asked but they declined to comment so we can only guess.43
bbleistift2 replyfeddit.de1Hide 1 replyAfrica isn’t properly isolated, either. I guess that’s a side-effect of trying to make the land surround the sea.2
Maybe I'm not understanding. Isn't Australia an island, so wouldn't it show as some kind of "lake" like new Zealand is?
I was confused as well and I found this coloured version and this version with sea connections (green for Panama and Suez canal) that helped me to understand!
Thank you.
Still kinda a weird how they have it laid out. Granted I'm no cartographer, I don't know the struggles of projecting a sphere on a plane.
The Continental divides split the continents in half as there's no water that goes fully over them. That's awesome!
oh yes now i get it
Every continent is an island
Europe and Asia claim otherwise.
That's because they're only fake continents who don't realize they're just parts of Afro-eurasia.
Hell, Europe is just a peninsula with delusions of grandeur.
Here’s a better projection. I don’- know what went wrong with OP’s…
Is there a reason fish would orient the map that way?
We asked but they declined to comment so we can only guess.
Africa isn’t properly isolated, either. I guess that’s a side-effect of trying to make the land surround the sea.
I don't think you could see the Suez Canal at that scale