Randall Munroe @xkcd.com

Bad Map Projection: Exterior Kansas xkcd.com/2951

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Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:05 UTC

Not just a map, but a *conformal* map!

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Tyler Lane @underwater.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:41 UTC

incredible

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CornetTheory @cornet.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:29 UTC

Not only are we not "not in Kansas anymore" but we have never left.

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CornetTheory @cornet.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:27 UTC

This just confirms my suspicion that we are all surrounded by kansas.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:29 UTC

Thanks, I hate it!

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Karto🗺Graph📯💚 @kartographde.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:34 UTC

Ah this is the famous Inverted Egocentric Projektion IEP.

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Ziyyigo-Tipyigo @ziyyigo-tipyigo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 06:48 UTC

Stereographic world map tangent to 38.5° S, 82° E gives you INFINITE KANSAS!

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Martin Schneider @wovenstrap.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:09 UTC

"It all depends on how you look at it." The title of my new book on comparative projections of Kansas.

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Sturm Liouville @sturmlliouville.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

Oh, US are the center of the known universe

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Jeff Duda @jeffdudaphdco.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:29 UTC

How did you even make this??? Did you free-hand it?

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NOYJ @noyj.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 19:09 UTC

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yarn 𝔤𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫 @woolverine.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:36 UTC

this is a lot at 20:35

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jmcp @jmcp.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:54 UTC

I applaud your efforts at screwing with people's heads :)

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𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞 @himynameisdave.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:35 UTC

blursed kansas

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KaosDevice @kaosdevice.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 17:38 UTC

That's certainly the way we view the world here in Kansas.

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j mills @jdmills.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 06:51 UTC

Love it

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Izixs @izixs.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 06:39 UTC

Reminds me a little of the quirks of planet Iowa.

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Andi Mann @andimann.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:17 UTC

LOL awesome! But also, Colorado should be both contiguous and bigger. Coz Kansans gotta get abortions, cannabis, and two-step victims somewhere, right?!

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CEO Nwabudike Morgan @fibonacci.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:44 UTC

All we are is dust in the wind.

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@absconditus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 06:19 UTC

"Escape from New York" should get an "Escape from Kansas" remake.

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Call me Umma - Outside Agitator @ummagummibear.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:43 UTC

Wait, Canada is that itty bitty island?

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c______z @boshyboo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:28 UTC

Woooooooow

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somedonuts @somedonuts.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:28 UTC

#45? Was thst intentional? Because he was pretty bad at maps. 🤔

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👯‍♀️ lydelle buster 👯‍♀️ @babyshoes4cash.com [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:35 UTC

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Matt Hansen of Matt Hansen fame @matthansenart.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:28 UTC

Impeccable.

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Rob Fagen @robfagen.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:27 UTC

Shouldn’t there be all kinds of islands in that lake? Some of which will contain lakes? Some of which will contain islands?

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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:06 UTC

this is amazing

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