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minus-squareAndrew@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoI’m mean, sure - it looks a long way if go the south-east route. But there’s a short-cut if you go northwest - Iceland, Greenland, New Zealand, bosch.
minus-squaregalmuth@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoHelp, my map doesn’t have New Zealand and I got lost
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIs this a reference to that post about shipping mines to IKEA?
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoNow you’re thinking with portals!
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIn case this wasn’t sarcastic, the map doesn’t wrap North to South like in Asteroids, it only wraps East to West, like Pac-Man.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNo, it is an oval on top of a giant turtle.
minus-squareHoimo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhat happens if you go due Norf then?
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIn case of the most common map, Mercator projection, if you go exactly due Norf you’ll come out from the top of the map, facing due Souf, 180° of longitude (Eaft or Weft, doesn’t matter) away.
I’m mean, sure - it looks a long way if go the south-east route. But there’s a short-cut if you go northwest - Iceland, Greenland, New Zealand, bosch.
Help, my map doesn’t have New Zealand and I got lost
Is this a reference to that post about shipping mines to IKEA?
Now you’re thinking with portals!
In case this wasn’t sarcastic, the map doesn’t wrap North to South like in Asteroids, it only wraps East to West, like Pac-Man.
The world is a donut?
In Asteroids – yes.
No, it is an oval on top of a giant turtle.
What happens if you go due Norf then?
In case of the most common map, Mercator projection, if you go exactly due Norf you’ll come out from the top of the map, facing due Souf, 180° of longitude (Eaft or Weft, doesn’t matter) away.