Map humour (what better audience than here?)

ender516 · Post by **ender516** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:11 am

I read this strip regularly, and always enjoy it, but this one called out to be shared here.

[bigimg]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/map_projections.png[/bigimg]

natty dread · Post by **natty dread** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:24 am

I immediately thought of the foundry when I saw this...

Btw, the Waterman Butterfly would make a kick ass map. Quick, someone come up with a justification for yet another world map on CC...

ender516 · Post by **ender516** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:07 am

I forget which contest it was, but I tried to use the Pierce Quincuncial rotated 45 degrees clockwise. It leaves a nice space at the top for a title, and two spaces at the bottom left and right for legends. However, there just wasn't enough room in Europe for all the territories that were needed.

Dako · Post by **Dako** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:54 pm

Great stuff!

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:47 pm

Hehe, nice find. It would be interesting to see a map come out of one of the less boxy formats!

--Andy

Victor Sullivan · Post by **Victor Sullivan** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:01 pm

Beautiful. I enjoyed that thoroughly.

-Sully

lostatlimbo · Post by **lostatlimbo** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:18 pm

Hahaha... that's some good stuff. Thanks for the laugh.

natty dread · Post by **natty dread** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:47 pm

My personal favorite is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection ... wonder what that says about me?

ender516 · Post by **ender516** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:16 am

natty_dread wrote:My personal favorite is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection ... wonder what that says about me?

You don't care what shape the world is in, as long as it is divided evenly?

Victor Sullivan · Post by **Victor Sullivan** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:20 pm

I'm a Goode Homolosine and Dymaxion kinda guy.

-Sully

Victor Sullivan · Post by **Victor Sullivan** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:22 pm

Someone should make a banana-shaped map of the World.

**Munches on a map-shaped banana**

--Andy

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