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Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby ender516 on Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:11 am

I read this strip regularly, and always enjoy it, but this one called out to be shared here.

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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby natty dread on Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:24 am

I immediately thought of the foundry when I saw this...

Btw, the Waterman Butterfly would make a kick ass map. Quick, someone come up with a justification for yet another world map on CC...
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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby ender516 on Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:07 am

I forget which contest it was, but I tried to use the Pierce Quincuncial rotated 45 degrees clockwise. It leaves a nice space at the top for a title, and two spaces at the bottom left and right for legends. However, there just wasn't enough room in Europe for all the territories that were needed.
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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby Dako on Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:54 pm

Great stuff!
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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby AndyDufresne on Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:47 pm

Hehe, nice find. It would be interesting to see a map come out of one of the less boxy formats!


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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby Victor Sullivan on Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:01 pm

:lol:

Beautiful. I enjoyed that thoroughly.

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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby lostatlimbo on Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:18 pm

Hahaha... that's some good stuff. Thanks for the laugh.
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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby natty dread on Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:47 pm

My personal favorite is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection ... wonder what that says about me?
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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby ender516 on Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:16 am

natty_dread wrote:My personal favorite is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection ... wonder what that says about me?

You don't care what shape the world is in, as long as it is divided evenly?
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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby Victor Sullivan on Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:20 pm

I'm a Goode Homolosine and Dymaxion kinda guy.

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Re: Map humour (what better audience than here?)

Postby Victor Sullivan on Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:22 pm

Someone should make a banana-shaped map of the World.

**Munches on a map-shaped banana**


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