It’s ok to ignore his stupid map. Everyone else does.
Only idiots do. This is a type of flat earth map that you can measure distances basicly. Here everybody is not idiot, oppositely you. If you are sincere the shape of the earth, go do bet.
And I know that the West to East distances measured off the Gleason's map are wrong in Australia.
I know because I live here and have measured many of them.
I've done quite a bit of measurement around Australia and the East-West distances certainly do not agree with the usual North Pole centred map.
All cars and rulers are part of the conspiracy « Message by rabinoz on January 16, 2019, 06:31:59 PM »
And another shorter almost East-West distance:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Just a few weeks back I drove 333 km (on the car oddo) from here to Miles, Queensland, almost due west of here.
The longitude of Miles is about 150.2° E and the longitude here is about 153.0° E, the difference is 2.855° so even the road distance is only 117 km/deg.
But on that usual flat-earth map the straight line distance would be about 174 km/deg or a total of 498 km.
No great accuracy is needed to prove that the Ice-Wall map "makes no sense at all compared to reality".
You do not live here and you have never measured any of them so either justtify your claim that "This is a type of flat earth map that you can measure distances, basically".
If you cannot do that then admit that your claim is not justified.
Neither Google Maps nor any other WGS-84-based mapping system uses Latitude and Longitude to measure distances. See: https://wiki.tfes.org/World_Geodetic_System_1984
Sure it does. I think the Google Map Developer site may be more authoritative than the TFES wiki when it comes to their map system:
Specifying Locations
The Maps Static API must be able to precisely identify locations on the map, both to focus the map at the correct location (using the center parameter) and/or to place any optional placemarks (using the markers parameter) at locations on the map. The Maps Static API uses numbers (latitude and longitude values) or strings (addresses) to specify these locations. These values identify a geocoded location.
Several parameters (such as the markers and path parameters) take multiple locations. In those cases, the locations are separated by the pipe (|) character.
Latitudes and Longitudes
Latitudes and longitudes are defined using numerals within a comma-separated text string that have a precision to 6 decimal places. For example, "40.714728,-73.998672" is a valid geocode value. Precision beyond the 6 decimal places is ignored.
Longitude values are based on their distance from Greenwich, England, home of the prime meridian. Since Greenwich is situated at 51.477222 latitude, we can enter a center value of 51.477222,0 to center the map on Greenwich:
Greenwich, England
Latitude and longitude values must correspond to a valid location on the face of the earth. Latitudes can take any value between -90 and 90 while longitude values can take any value between -180 and 180. If you specify an invalid latitude or longitude value, your request will be rejected as a bad request.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/dev-guide