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All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line (i.redd.it)
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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or long enough, as it's on a spheroid.

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or use the proper projection.

[–] teft@piefed.social 49 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah, like the Euler Projection.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

lol, accurate but a bit difficult to see a lot of continuity.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Oh wow! All countries are in the same line!!!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The linked latitude longitude graph looked like it was all in a pretty straight lines though.