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xkcd #3207: Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination

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'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

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[–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this even a bad map projection? If you're working with a compass this sounds pretty useful

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, afaik, there's need for accounting for magnetic North difference from North when navigating even on foot, so it's stated on the map with small enough scale