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((The comic is 1 large panel, with different types of map projections listed in ii columns. Each listing has an illustration of that project plus a curt paragraph describing the individual who prefers that projection.)) What your favourite Map Projection says nigh you lot. Mercator [[A drawing of the Mercator projection is shown. In this the world is distorted to fit into a perfect square, centred on Africa.]] You're not really into maps. Robinson [[A drawing of the Robinson projection is shown. Areas most the poles in this projection are fairly distorted, but the distortion is greatly reduced when moving toward the equator.]] You have a comfortable pair of running shoes that you wear everywhere. Yous like coffee and relish the Beatles. You think the Robinson is the all-time-looking projection, hands downwardly. Winkel-Tripel [[The Winkel-Tripel projection is like to the Robinson projection, with less distortion at the poles. Yet the distortion at equivalent latitudes differs equally the longitude varies.]] National Geographic adopted the Winkel-Tripel in 1998, but you've been a W-T fan since long before "Nat Geo" showed upward. You're worried information technology'southward getting played out, and are thinking of switching to the Kavrayskiy. Yous once left a party in disgust when a guest showed upward wearing shoes with toes. Your favourite musical genre is "post-". Hobo-Dyer [[The Hobo-Dyer projection is a cylindrical projection resulting in significant latitudinal distortion. The result is a rectangular image with the poles vertically compressed, and land almost the equator stretched.]] You desire to avoid cultural imperialism simply you've heard bad things about Gall-Peters. You're disharmonize-averse and buy organic.l You use a recently-invented gear up of gender-neutral pronouns and call up that what the world needs is a revolution in consciousness. A world! [[It's a globe.]] Yes, you're very clever. Pierce Quincuncial [[This is a square project centred over the due north pole. The continents stretch out radially from the middle of the map and bits of Antarctica are visible in each corner of the projection.]] Y'all think that when we look at a map, what nosotros really run across is ourselves. After you first saw Inception , you sabbatum silent in the theater for six hours. It freaks you out to realise that anybody around you lot has a skeleton within them. You lot take really looked at your easily. ((The second column of projections starts hither.)) Van Der Grinten [[This projection displays the continents inside a perfectly circular frame. The continents are displayed with like distortion to what yous would see in the Robinson or Winkel-Tripel projections.]] Y'all're not a complicated person. You lot love the Mercator project; you just wish it weren't so square. The earth'south not a foursquare, information technology's a circle. You like circles. Today is gonna be a bye! Dymaxion [[The Dymaxion projection attempts to unfold the globe into a polyhedral internet, centred on the north pole. The map has no prepare shape, instead it looks to exist fabricated out of a series of triangles.]] You like Isaac Asimov, XML, and shoes with toes. Y'all call up the segway got a bad rap. You ain 3D goggles, which you apply to view rotating models of better 3D goggles. You type in Dvorak. Goode Homolosine [[The Goode Homolosine projection attempts to minimise distortion by combining two equal area projections onto a carve up projection. The map resembles a polish unfolded net, with landmasses kept whole where possible.]] They say mapping the earth on a 2D surface is like flattening an orangish peel, which seems piece of cake enough to yous. You like easy solutions. You think we wouldn't accept so many problems if we'd just elect normal people to congress instead of politicians. Yous think airlines should just purchase nutrient from the restaurants near the gates and serve that on board. You change your motorcar'due south oil, but secretly wonder if you lot really need to. Plate Carrée (Equirectangular) [[This projection maps latitude and longitude to a rectangular grid, leading to significant longitudinal distortion near the poles.]] You remember this one is fine. Yous like how x and y map to latitude and longitude. The other projections overcomplicate things. You want me to stop asking most maps so you tin enjoy dinner. Waterman Butterfly [[This project unfolds the world into a net, like to the Dymaxion project. It is centred on the Atlantic, and resembles a butterfly with the Americas on the western fly, with Europe and Africa on the eastern wing.]] Really? You know the Waterman? Take you seen the 1909 Cahill map information technology'southward based-- ...You have a framed reproduction at dwelling house?! Whoa. ...Listen, forget these questions. Are you doing anything tonight? Gall-Peters [[Another rectangular projection, this map suffers significant baloney near the poles, and significant latitudinal distortion in full general.]] I hate you. {{Title text: What's that? You think I don't like the Peters map considering I'm uncomfortable with having my cultural assumptions challenged? Are you sure you lot're not ... ::puts on sunglasses:: ... projecting?}}

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