Xkcd Map Projections

Xkcd Map Projections. XKCD on the design of U.S. state borders Vivid Maps Randall Munroe, "Greenland Size", xkcd, 25 March 2024 National Geographic switched to this projection in 1988, and used it for ten years, switching to the Winkel-Tripel in 1998.

xkcd Bad Map Projection The Greenland Special
xkcd Bad Map Projection The Greenland Special from xkcd.com

Robinson as a map that was supposed to look nice and is often used for classroom maps Putting Europe in the middle as in the xkcd and linked Wikipedia maps looks "different" to us

xkcd Bad Map Projection The Greenland Special

Randall has been into maps for a long time on xkcd Especially he focused on map projections, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, as in 977: It came one and a half year after the third 2256: Bad Map Projection: South America (#358), and was followed about 10 months later by 2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator (#248).

xkcd Bad Map Projection The Greenland Special. Map projections are different methods of representing the curved surface of. It came one and a half year after the third 2256: Bad Map Projection: South America (#358), and was followed about 10 months later by 2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator (#248).

A field guide to map projections r/Infographics. His site has posters of his map, plus maybe the world's only Winkel. National Geographic switched to this projection in 1988, and used it for ten years, switching to the Winkel-Tripel in 1998.