Gregory's Server@odoben my problem with this (or any other method for that matter) is map projections. the proportions are all wrong and how will i ever know how big the continents are if they are all the wrong size so i just do without the maps because i would lose my entire mind
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@cavyherd @odoben but with mercator i would have to do so much math in order to figure out how big everything actually is, you know? like the point of having a map is i can measure travel distances, sizes of countries etc. but if i don’t have a globe so that i can actually measure these things then i have to do math! and i don’t want to do math! so i just don’t do it at all because if i handwave the whole thing entirely then i won’t get the problem with wanting everything to be mathematically accurate  Whereas I would print a scan of my map onto a sheet of paper, coat the printed side with transparent acrylic medium (gloss, to be clear*), wash the paper off leaving the clear printed image, & then stretch the result over an appropriately sized sphere. (Might have to cut darts at the poles to make it work properly.) But, yes, I could definitely see myself disappearing into my belly-button on the math challenge. If I could math 😉 * heh. Pun not intended, but I'll go with it 😊  |
@skye @odoben
"Rabbit hole" is an entirely inadequate metaphor to truly convey the hazards of that class of problem.
FWIW, my solution would be to assume Mercator, adjust the frame until it "looks right," and move on. But this is not the focus of my particular nerdery, so I definitely see where the problem would lie.
#ADHD FTW