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user-inactivated  ·  2747 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: DIYski! Lasercutting my own desk

Wasn't talking the quality of projection.

Imagine putting a map onto a surface - say, the top of the laptop. When it's closed and facing you (as in, South America at the bottom), it looks fine. When it's open, to the outside observer it's inverted vertically. Not good. Reverse the positioning, and you get the reverse reactions.

In other words, a design concern rather than cartography's.





am_Unition  ·  2747 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Veen more than dabbles in what I would call "conceptual cartography", and I love it.

veen  ·  2747 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Conceptual cartographer...now that's something I'd want to put on a business card.