The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 8 hours agoTechnically correctlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down17
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minus-squarehope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 hours agoFun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoSo this is only technically true. If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
Fun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
https://xkcd.com/503/
So this is only technically true.
If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.