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minus-squareAndrew@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 天前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.
minus-squaregalmuth@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·15 天前Help, my map doesn’t have New Zealand and I got lost
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 天前Is this a reference to that post about shipping mines to IKEA?
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 天前Now you’re thinking with portals!
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 天前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.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 天前No, it is an oval on top of a giant turtle.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 天前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.
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.