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All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line (i.redd.it)
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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 80 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or long enough, as it's on a spheroid.

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Or use the proper projection.

[–] teft@piefed.social 46 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, like the Euler Projection.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

Oh wow! All countries are in the same line!!!

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 17 points 2 days ago

"Oh, I like this guy!"

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

lol, accurate but a bit difficult to see a lot of continuity.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The linked latitude longitude graph looked like it was all in a pretty straight lines though.