Why don't they use this map with the S.Pole in the middle:It's just another projection of a globe, so what's the point? What do you meant by "buy it"? You mean will it fool anyone?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg/600px-Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg)
It has the same distortions, but in the N.hemisphere. Would anyone north of the equator buy it?
You got my point exactly.Why don't they use this map with the S.Pole in the middle:It's just another projection of a globe, so what's the point? What do you meant by "buy it"? You mean will it fool anyone?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg/600px-Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg)
It has the same distortions, but in the N.hemisphere. Would anyone north of the equator buy it?
The shapes of the continents are completely wrong, which isn't surprising. Also, according to that map if I sail due north from the UK I'll hit the edge of the world after a few hundred kilometres. Pro-tip: this doesn't happen.
You're clutching at straws.
If you want a map of the world with no distortion and correct distances, use this one:
https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187 (https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187)
See any problems?
I saw map with Antarctica as a continent not as a ice wall. My question now is what's beyond that and why nobody found it?The Antarctica "wall" and conspiracy must be maintained so the map with the N.Pole in the middle can be used. If there is no "wall" or conspiracy, the map with the S.Pole can be used/just as valid. So the "wall" and conspiracy must be demonstrated/proved.
What evidence is there that a FE map has the centre at the north pole and not the south pole?
You got my point exactly.Why don't they use this map with the S.Pole in the middle:It's just another projection of a globe, so what's the point? What do you meant by "buy it"? You mean will it fool anyone?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg/600px-Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg)
It has the same distortions, but in the N.hemisphere. Would anyone north of the equator buy it?
The shapes of the continents are completely wrong, which isn't surprising. Also, according to that map if I sail due north from the UK I'll hit the edge of the world after a few hundred kilometres. Pro-tip: this doesn't happen.
You're clutching at straws.
If you want a map of the world with no distortion and correct distances, use this one:
https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187 (https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187)
See any problems?
My point is that in the FE model, there are 2 equally valid maps. If the S.UN map was used, most people being north of the equator, would strongly disagree that the S.UN map is valid as the inaccurate distances and the distortions would be plainly evident (your UK to the edge of the world example). Since LOTS of people/airplanes travel the northern route daily, this is relatively easy to verify - not so much in the southern hemisphere using the N.UN map.I'm not sure what that is? That the world is a round, and only a globe can show an non-distorted map of the world?You got my point exactly.Why don't they use this map with the S.Pole in the middle:It's just another projection of a globe, so what's the point? What do you meant by "buy it"? You mean will it fool anyone?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg/600px-Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg)
It has the same distortions, but in the N.hemisphere. Would anyone north of the equator buy it?
The shapes of the continents are completely wrong, which isn't surprising. Also, according to that map if I sail due north from the UK I'll hit the edge of the world after a few hundred kilometres. Pro-tip: this doesn't happen.
You're clutching at straws.
If you want a map of the world with no distortion and correct distances, use this one:
https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187 (https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187)
See any problems?
My point is that in the FE model, there are 2 equally valid maps.Actually, there is probably an infinite number of maps that don't work...but I get your point.
So your comments demonstrate exactly what my point is/was.Ooops, I see now. Thought you were a flattie for a moment, so you can see my confusion.
A flight from Europe to Alaska is much shorter via Antarctica. Why do they go anywhere near the N.Pole?Are you sure? If so, I'm curious to know why.
Why don't they use this map with the S.Pole in the middle:It's just another projection of a globe, so what's the point? What do you meant by "buy it"? You mean will it fool anyone?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg/600px-Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg)
It has the same distortions, but in the N.hemisphere. Would anyone north of the equator buy it?
The shapes of the continents are completely wrong, which isn't surprising. Also, according to that map if I sail due north from the UK I'll hit the edge of the world after a few hundred kilometres. Pro-tip: this doesn't happen.
You're clutching at straws.
If you want a map of the world with no distortion and correct distances, use this one:
https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187 (https://www.webglearth.com/#ll=35.89553,10.72382;alt=16994249;t=-0.187)
See any problems?
What evidence is there that a FE map has the centre at the north pole and not the south pole?
Other than the Antarctica conspiracy theory, why does the FE Society use the traditional UN type map with the N.Pole in the middle?(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Flat_earth.png)
Why don't they use this map with the S.Pole in the middle:(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg/600px-Azimuthal_Equidistant_S90.jpg)
It has the same distortions, but in the N.hemisphere. Would anyone north of the equator buy it?
The south celestial pole (center of southern star trails) would be correct, but unfortunately, the north celestial pole would not be viewed by anyone above the disk. Polaris would go around a 50,000+ mi circle.
Travel distances in the southern hemisphere would be better, but I doubt anyone in the northern hemisphere would be pleased with the 50,000+ mi distance at Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Since the FE Society really doesn't care what people in the southern hemisphere think (I doubt there are many people from S. America, southern Africa, Antarctica, Pacifica or toward Australia/New Zealand on this website) and it is mostly oceans, that isn't much of a problem, is it? One air traffic controller from New Zealand, just got blown off (see http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=64740.0 (http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=64740.0))