The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agoTechnically correctlemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageTechnically correctlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSo this is only technically true. If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoJust did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.
So this is only technically true.
If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
Just did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.