xkcd #2807: Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude)

Title text: Positive vibes/longitudes only


Transcript[There is a map of the world with positive longitudes and negative longitudes overlapping. Caption above the map:] Bad Map Projection :
Longitude=ABS(Longitude)
Whoops, made all longitudes positive [The land masses are represented in white, and the oceans in light grey. Some capital cities, countries and geographical features are labeled.] [Near Siberia, among the other city names, is indicated:] Franklin’s very lost expedition


mrsgreenpotato,

That took me a couple minutes to actually grasp what is where. I like the idea of NYC being in the Himalayas, and I’d love to see that.

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