StatusNethttp://status.hackerposse.com/api/statusnet/conversation/125074.atomConversation2024-03-28T11:14:13-04:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:status.hackerposse.com,2017-07-21:noticeId=125122:objectType=commentNew comment by rozzin@<a href="https://social.systemreboot.net/solariiknight" class="h-card mention" title="solariiknight">solariiknight</a>, #<span class="tag"><a href="http://status.hackerposse.com/tag/mercator" rel="tag">mercator</a></span> projections suck at many things for which they weren't designed, but they're hard to beat for #<span class="tag"><a href="http://status.hackerposse.com/tag/navigation" rel="tag">navigation</a></span>! !<a href="http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/380/id" class="h-card group" title="OpenStreetMap (osm)">osm</a>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-07-21T17:29:55+00:002017-07-21T17:29:55+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttp://status.hackerposse.com/user/1rozzinRobotanist, FOSS engineer, artist w/ a superhuman ability to distinguish shades of khaki. FoxtrotGPS, libvisualid, GNU Robots maintainer.42.76537 -71.46757rozzinJoshua Judson RosenRobotanist, FOSS engineer, artist w/ a superhuman ability to distinguish shades of khaki. FoxtrotGPS, libvisualid, GNU Robots maintainer.Nashua, New Hampshire, USAhomepagehttp://www.hackerposse.com/~rozzintruehttp://sn.jonkman.ca/conversation/1026487http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:status.hackerposse.com,2017-07-21:noticeId=125121:objectType=commentNew comment by rozzin@<a href="https://social.systemreboot.net/solariiknight" class="h-card mention" title="solariiknight">solariiknight</a>, all flat maps of the earth are distorted by definition, the question is just which types of distortion are/aren't acceptable for a given application... !<a href="http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/380/id" class="h-card group" title="OpenStreetMap (osm)">osm</a>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-07-21T17:25:33+00:002017-07-21T17:25:33+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttp://status.hackerposse.com/user/1rozzinRobotanist, FOSS engineer, artist w/ a superhuman ability to distinguish shades of khaki. FoxtrotGPS, libvisualid, GNU Robots maintainer.42.76537 -71.46757rozzinJoshua Judson RosenRobotanist, FOSS engineer, artist w/ a superhuman ability to distinguish shades of khaki. FoxtrotGPS, libvisualid, GNU Robots maintainer.Nashua, New Hampshire, USAhomepagehttp://www.hackerposse.com/~rozzintruehttp://sn.jonkman.ca/conversation/1026487http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:status.hackerposse.com,2017-07-21:noticeId=125120:objectType=commentNew comment by rozzin@<a href="https://social.systemreboot.net/solariiknight" class="h-card mention" title="solariiknight">solariiknight</a>, areal vs. linear vs. angular distortion is a standard #<span class="tag"><a href="http://status.hackerposse.com/tag/tradeoff" rel="tag">tradeoff</a></span> in #<span class="tag"><a href="http://status.hackerposse.com/tag/cartography" rel="tag">cartography</a></span>, similarly to #<span class="tag"><a href="http://status.hackerposse.com/tag/photography" rel="tag">photography</a></span> trade-off of `ultrawide lenses that preserve straight lines' vs. `fisheye lenses that preserve the shape of people's heads'. !<a href="http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/380/id" class="h-card group" title="OpenStreetMap (osm)">osm</a>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-07-21T17:23:22+00:002017-07-21T17:23:22+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttp://status.hackerposse.com/user/1rozzinRobotanist, FOSS engineer, artist w/ a superhuman ability to distinguish shades of khaki. FoxtrotGPS, libvisualid, GNU Robots maintainer.42.76537 -71.46757rozzinJoshua Judson RosenRobotanist, FOSS engineer, artist w/ a superhuman ability to distinguish shades of khaki. FoxtrotGPS, libvisualid, GNU Robots maintainer.Nashua, New Hampshire, USAhomepagehttp://www.hackerposse.com/~rozzintruehttp://sn.jonkman.ca/conversation/1026487http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:social.systemreboot.net,2017-07-20:noticeId=303752:objectType=noteNew note by solariiknightThe current 2D world map distorts real size of countries. Some are much bigger than they are in a 2D map and some much smaller.<br /> <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/true-size-countries-mercator-map-projection-james-talmage-damon-maneice/?utm_source=iqx&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=iqx" title="http://www.boredpanda.com/true-size-countries-mercator-map-projection-james-talmage-damon-maneice/?utm_source=iqx&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=iqx" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://social.systemreboot.net/url/62991</a><br /> !<a href="http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/380/id" class="h-card u-url p-nickname group" title="OpenStreetMap (osm)">osm</a>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-07-20T05:56:34+00:002017-07-20T05:56:34+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://social.systemreboot.net/user/6solariiknightElectrical engineer pretending to know a lot about computers. OSM mapper, free software advocate, runner, cyclist. A wanderer exploring … solariiknightதோட்டக்காரன்(gardener)Electrical engineer pretending to know a lot about computers. OSM mapper, free software advocate, runner, cyclist. A wanderer exploring … homepagehttps://solariiknight.orgtruehttp://sn.jonkman.ca/conversation/1026487