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XKCD's Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude) (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/mapporn
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For non mathematicians, ABS() returns the absolute (i.e. positive) value of a number, e.g. abs(5) = 5 = abs(-5)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is actually sort of informative. You can see how much further south South America extends compared to Africa and Australia.