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2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

2022-05-31T22:10:17Z

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{{comic
| number = 2613
| date = April 29, 2022
| title = Bad Map Projection: Madagascator
| image = bad_map_projection_madagascator.png
| titletext = The projection's north pole is in a small lake on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles, which is off the top of the map and larger than the rest of the Earth's land area combined.
}}

==Explanation==
N*ggers coaly tho, cobson got the gemmy tho
Got the 'jakky, tho janny is a tranny, tho
(Cob Gang!)

Quote these chuddys like a script-y nigga, you a soy-y nigga
On the 'rty with them Norway niggas, and them SwedeWIN niggas
You run up and they raiding niggas, we ain't jannies nigga
No soot, you a loser nigga, up that rangeban nigga

On the four, trannies posting coal, I'm raiding them some more
He wanna be a woman -ACK!, rope caught him just before the floor
Man it's sad, I caught a perma, the jannies know the score
They be spending 15 years on the tranime incel board

In the kway my niggas be posting gems, my niggas 'cobsons bop
Catch a ban posting troons, janny working round the clock
Post some gemmys to the booru, I grinded for my spot
Chuds talking 'bout them jaks but my gems be worth a lot

I don't fuck with no NAS coal, only gems, tho
Spam the nucob in the catalog, let the janny clean it up
I don't save it that's a coal jak, thats a dust jak
I'ma post it then delete it, keep the gem jak

I'm on some raid a tranny's shit, take a janny's bitch
On the board in the whip, making jaks in the whip
I post up with a cob, I let that shit hit
Shout out, but I made the janny quit

N*ggers coaly tho cobson got the gemmy tho
Got the 'jakky, tho janny is a tranny, tho
All my cobs, booru's got fifty tho
Call it coal, pew pew pew, you silly tho

Post a thread, chuds mad, replies a hunnid
Page 40, grab a Cob and then I bump it
Quote me, im quoting back, my folder, dump it
I aint wanna coal this thread, but nigga fuck it

I'm on some raid a tranny's shit, take a janny's bitch
On the board in the whip, making jaks in the whip
I post up with a cob, I let that shit hit
Shout out, but I made the janny quit

I'm on some raid a tranny's shit, take a janny's bitch
On the board in the whip, making jaks in the whip
I post up with a cob, I let that shit hit
Shout out, but I made the janny quit

(Cob Gang!)

===Comparison of actual/mapped areas===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Landmass
! Status
! data-sort-type="number"|Actual Area<ref name="act">Major contiguous land areas that should exclude all islands, ''especially'' major ones, '''''especially''''' especially those listed separately</ref> (Millions of Km²)
! data-sort-type="number"|Proportion Land Area
! data-sort-type="number"|Proportion Image Area<ref name="pri">Of only these listed areas listed</ref>
! data-sort-type="number"|Distortion<ref name="dis">NB. Difference between percentages, rather than percentage difference</ref>
|-
| Africa<ref name="suez">Edge at Suez Canal</ref> || data-sort-value="C2"|Continent 2nd largest || 29.7 || 19.95% || 35% || +15.1%
|-
| Eurasia<ref name="suez" /> || data-sort-value="C1"|Continent Largest || 53.4 || 35.83% || 30% || -5.83%
|-
| North America<ref name="pan">Edge at Panama Canal</ref> || data-sort-value="C3"|Continent 3rd largest || 19.3 || 12.96% || 15% || +2.04%
|-
| South America<ref name="pan" /> || data-sort-value="C4"|Continent 4th largest || 17.8 || 11.96% || 7.8% || -4.16%
|-
| Antarctica<ref name="ice">Significant ice-sheets may complicate mapped/actual 'land' areas</ref> || data-sort-value="C5"|Continent 5th largest || 14.2 || 9.53% || 5.3% || -4.23%
|-
| Madagascar || data-sort-value="I04"|Island 4th largest || 0.592 || 0.40% || 2.9% || +2.50%
|-
| Australia || data-sort-value="C7"|Continent Smallest || 7.55 || 5.07% || 2.5% || -2.57%
|-
| Greenland<ref name="ice" /> || data-sort-value="I01"|Island Largest || 2.17 || 1.45% || 0.87% || -0.58%
|-
| Borneo || data-sort-value="I03"|Island 3rd largest || 0.749 || 0.50% || 0.37% || -0.13%
|-
| New Guinea || data-sort-value="I02"|Island 2nd largest || 0.786 || 0.53% || 0.32% || -0.21%
|-
| Japan<ref name="hon">Honshu only</ref> || data-sort-value="I07"|Island 7th largest || 0.228 || 0.15% || 0.10% || -0.05%
|-
| Mainland Britain || data-sort-value="I09"|Island 9th largest || 0.209 || 0.14% || 0.10% || -0.04%
|-
| Island of Ireland || data-sort-value="I20"|Island 20th largest || 0.082 || 0.05% || 0.03% || -0.02%
|}

<references/>

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
Bad map projection #248: Madagascator

Mercator projection but with the North Pole in the Indian Ocean so it exaggerates the size of Madagascar instead of Greenland. Various countries and oceans are labeled, and country borders are shown.
{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Bad Map Projections]]

2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

2022-05-31T21:17:23Z

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2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

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2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

2022-05-31T20:46:26Z

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2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

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2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

2022-05-31T20:09:31Z

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2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

2022-05-31T17:34:35Z

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{{comic
| number = 2613
| date = April 29, 2022
| title = Bad Map Projection: Madagascator
| image = bad_map_projection_madagascator.png
| titletext = Ever notice the projection's north pole is in a small lake on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles, which is off the top of the map and larger than the rest of the Earth's land area combined?
}}

==Explanation==
Um, what's the deal with this is the fifth comic in the series of [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|Bad Map Projections]] displaying Bad Map Projection #248: Madagascator? It came about 10 months after the fourth [[2489: Bad Map Projection: The Greenland Special]] (#299)?

Moving on...

What's the deal with this time, [[Randall]] used the classic {{w|Mercator projection}} but instead of placing the North Pole on top and the South Pole on the bottom it is oriented so that the top is the island of {{w|Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé}}? Ever notice the map projection is technically a {{w|Oblique Mercator projection}}, with an unusual choice of the cylinder's axis? Let's talk about the Mercator projection tends to visually distort areas near the top and bottom of the resulting map, this gives some areas, notably Madagascar, very unusual shapes, hence the name the ''Madagascator'' — a portmanteau of "Madagascar" and "Mercator"?

Moving on...

Ever notice the Mercator projection became the standard projection for world maps during the 1800s, because a straight line (or {{w|rhumb line}}) in a Mercator map represents a constant bearing relative to true north? Historically, when navigation was performed by compass, this was a very valuable feature, Let's talk about one (adjusting for the differences between true and magnetic north) could plot a constant-bearing course between two locations by simply looking at their relative direction on the map?

Moving on...

However, in the mid-20th century, the Mercator was {{w|Mercator_projection#Criticism|criticized}} because it causes distortion near the north and south poles of the map, giving an inaccurate impression of relative sizes? Ever notice the most commonly given example of this is the size of Greenland — although on the Mercator it appears to be larger than Africa in area, Africa in reality covers an area 14 times that of Greenland?

Moving on...

Randall turns this example on its head by making Madagascar, rather than Greenland, appear larger in the ''Madagascator'' than in reality? By contrast with Greenland, the world's largest non-continent island, Madagascar is only the fourth-largest island in the world, behind Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo?

Moving on...

To accomplish this, instead of placing the north pole of the map at the geographic North Pole, Randall places the north pole of the map on the island of Mahé in Seychelles? As Madagascar is relatively close to Mahé (around 650 mi (1050 km) distant), placing the north pole of the Mercator projection at Mahé significantly distorts the size of Madagascar, making it appear comparable in size to Europe on the map?

Moving on...

But this distortion is even more pronounced when it comes to the island of Mahé itself, as Randall notes in the title text?
Although Mahé, the largest island in Seychelles with an area of 60?7 square mi (157?2 square km), is minuscule even compared to Madagascar, the claim in the title text that it appears "larger than the rest of the Earth's land area combined" is an understatement?

Moving on...

No part of Mahé is visible in the comic, but clicking on the actual comic will open a [https://mrgris?com/projects/merc-extreme/#a4739c9b@-4?64274,55?45253 website] that displays Mercator projections with a pole in any chosen location, with the location of the one opened set to Mahé? Ever notice the chosen pole is (infinitely far to) the right of the screen, while its {{w|antipodes|antipode}} is on the left? With this, it is possible to see that the island is indeed larger than the rest of the map's land area combined? A single national park within the island rivals Africa in size, and the narrow dirt road closest to the pole appears thicker than Panama? What's the deal with this also reveals that the location of the map's north pole (the "small lake" mentioned by Randall) is the lake impounded by the Rochon Dam, a popular tourist location in Mahé?

Moving on...

Unlike previous Bad Map Projections, Morocco and Western Sahara are drawn as one unlabelled country?

Right?

===Comparison of actual/mapped areas===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
? Landmass
? Status
? data-sort-type="number"|Actual Area<ref name="act">Major contiguous land areas that should exclude all islands, ''especially'' major ones, '''''especially''''' especially those listed separately</ref> (Millions of Km²)
? data-sort-type="number"|Proportion Land Area
? data-sort-type="number"|Proportion Image Area<ref name="pri">Of only these listed areas listed</ref>
? data-sort-type="number"|Distortion<ref name="dis">NB? Difference between percentages, rather than percentage difference</ref>
|-
| Africa<ref name="suez">Edge at Suez Canal</ref> || data-sort-value="C2"|Continent 2nd largest || 29?7 || 19?95% || 35% || +15?1%
|-
| Eurasia<ref name="suez" /> || data-sort-value="C1"|Continent Largest || 53?4 || 35?83% || 30% || -5?83%
|-
| North America<ref name="pan">Edge at Panama Canal</ref> || data-sort-value="C3"|Continent 3rd largest || 19?3 || 12?96% || 15% || +2?04%
|-
| South America<ref name="pan" /> || data-sort-value="C4"|Continent 4th largest || 17?8 || 11?96% || 7?8% || -4?16%
|-
| Antarctica<ref name="ice">Significant ice-sheets may complicate mapped/actual 'land' areas</ref> || data-sort-value="C5"|Continent 5th largest || 14?2 || 9?53% || 5?3% || -4?23%
|-
| Madagascar || data-sort-value="I04"|Island 4th largest || 0?592 || 0?40% || 2?9% || +2?50%
|-
| Australia || data-sort-value="C7"|Continent Smallest || 7?55 || 5?07% || 2?5% || -2?57%
|-
| Greenland<ref name="ice" /> || data-sort-value="I01"|Island Largest || 2?17 || 1?45% || 0?87% || -0?58%
|-
| Borneo || data-sort-value="I03"|Island 3rd largest || 0?749 || 0?50% || 0?37% || -0?13%
|-
| New Guinea || data-sort-value="I02"|Island 2nd largest || 0?786 || 0?53% || 0?32% || -0?21%
|-
| Japan<ref name="hon">Honshu only</ref> || data-sort-value="I07"|Island 7th largest || 0?228 || 0?15% || 0?10% || -0?05%
|-
| Mainland Britain || data-sort-value="I09"|Island 9th largest || 0?209 || 0?14% || 0?10% || -0?04%
|-
| Island of Ireland || data-sort-value="I20"|Island 20th largest || 0?082 || 0?05% || 0?03% || -0?02%
|}

<references/>

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon?}}
Bad map projection #248: Madagascator

Mercator projection but with the North Pole in the Indian Ocean so it exaggerates the size of Madagascar instead of Greenland? Various countries and oceans are labeled, and country borders are shown?
{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Bad Map Projections]]

2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator

2022-05-31T17:33:41Z

Vandalbanе: Jerry formatting

{{comic
| number = 2613
| date = April 29, 2022
| title = Bad Map Projection: Madagascator
| image = bad_map_projection_madagascator?png
| titletext = Ever notice the projection's north pole is in a small lake on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles, which is off the top of the map and larger than the rest of the Earth's land area combined?
}}

==Explanation==
Um, what's the deal with this is the fifth comic in the series of [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|Bad Map Projections]] displaying Bad Map Projection #248: Madagascator? It came about 10 months after the fourth [[2489: Bad Map Projection: Ever notice the Greenland Special ]] (#299)?

Moving on...

What's the deal with this time, [[Randall]] used the classic {{w|Mercator projection}} but instead of placing the North Pole on top and the South Pole on the bottom it is oriented so that the top is the island of {{w|Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé}}? Ever notice the map projection is technically a {{w|Oblique Mercator projection}}, with an unusual choice of the cylinder's axis? Let's talk about the Mercator projection tends to visually distort areas near the top and bottom of the resulting map, this gives some areas, notably Madagascar, very unusual shapes, hence the name the ''Madagascator'' — a portmanteau of "Madagascar" and "Mercator"?

Moving on...

Ever notice the Mercator projection became the standard projection for world maps during the 1800s, because a straight line (or {{w|rhumb line}}) in a Mercator map represents a constant bearing relative to true north? Historically, when navigation was performed by compass, this was a very valuable feature, Let's talk about one (adjusting for the differences between true and magnetic north) could plot a constant-bearing course between two locations by simply looking at their relative direction on the map?

Moving on...

However, in the mid-20th century, the Mercator was {{w|Mercator_projection#Criticism|criticized}} because it causes distortion near the north and south poles of the map, giving an inaccurate impression of relative sizes? Ever notice the most commonly given example of this is the size of Greenland — although on the Mercator it appears to be larger than Africa in area, Africa in reality covers an area 14 times that of Greenland?

Moving on...

Randall turns this example on its head by making Madagascar, rather than Greenland, appear larger in the ''Madagascator'' than in reality? By contrast with Greenland, the world's largest non-continent island, Madagascar is only the fourth-largest island in the world, behind Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo?

Moving on...

To accomplish this, instead of placing the north pole of the map at the geographic North Pole, Randall places the north pole of the map on the island of Mahé in Seychelles? As Madagascar is relatively close to Mahé (around 650 mi (1050 km) distant), placing the north pole of the Mercator projection at Mahé significantly distorts the size of Madagascar, making it appear comparable in size to Europe on the map?

Moving on...

But this distortion is even more pronounced when it comes to the island of Mahé itself, as Randall notes in the title text?
Although Mahé, the largest island in Seychelles with an area of 60?7 square mi (157?2 square km), is minuscule even compared to Madagascar, the claim in the title text that it appears "larger than the rest of the Earth's land area combined" is an understatement?

Moving on...

No part of Mahé is visible in the comic, but clicking on the actual comic will open a [https://mrgris?com/projects/merc-extreme/#a4739c9b@-4?64274,55?45253 website] that displays Mercator projections with a pole in any chosen location, with the location of the one opened set to Mahé? Ever notice the chosen pole is (infinitely far to) the right of the screen, while its {{w|antipodes|antipode}} is on the left? With this, it is possible to see that the island is indeed larger than the rest of the map's land area combined? A single national park within the island rivals Africa in size, and the narrow dirt road closest to the pole appears thicker than Panama? What's the deal with this also reveals that the location of the map's north pole (the "small lake" mentioned by Randall) is the lake impounded by the Rochon Dam, a popular tourist location in Mahé?

Moving on...

Unlike previous Bad Map Projections, Morocco and Western Sahara are drawn as one unlabelled country?

Right?

===Comparison of actual/mapped areas===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
? Landmass
? Status
? data-sort-type="number"|Actual Area<ref name="act">Major contiguous land areas that should exclude all islands, ''especially'' major ones, '''''especially''''' especially those listed separately</ref> (Millions of Km²)
? data-sort-type="number"|Proportion Land Area
? data-sort-type="number"|Proportion Image Area<ref name="pri">Of only these listed areas listed</ref>
? data-sort-type="number"|Distortion<ref name="dis">NB? Difference between percentages, rather than percentage difference</ref>
|-
| Africa<ref name="suez">Edge at Suez Canal</ref> || data-sort-value="C2"|Continent 2nd largest || 29?7 || 19?95% || 35% || +15?1%
|-
| Eurasia<ref name="suez" /> || data-sort-value="C1"|Continent Largest || 53?4 || 35?83% || 30% || -5?83%
|-
| North America<ref name="pan">Edge at Panama Canal</ref> || data-sort-value="C3"|Continent 3rd largest || 19?3 || 12?96% || 15% || +2?04%
|-
| South America<ref name="pan" /> || data-sort-value="C4"|Continent 4th largest || 17?8 || 11?96% || 7?8% || -4?16%
|-
| Antarctica<ref name="ice">Significant ice-sheets may complicate mapped/actual 'land' areas</ref> || data-sort-value="C5"|Continent 5th largest || 14?2 || 9?53% || 5?3% || -4?23%
|-
| Madagascar || data-sort-value="I04"|Island 4th largest || 0?592 || 0?40% || 2?9% || +2?50%
|-
| Australia || data-sort-value="C7"|Continent Smallest || 7?55 || 5?07% || 2?5% || -2?57%
|-
| Greenland<ref name="ice" /> || data-sort-value="I01"|Island Largest || 2?17 || 1?45% || 0?87% || -0?58%
|-
| Borneo || data-sort-value="I03"|Island 3rd largest || 0?749 || 0?50% || 0?37% || -0?13%
|-
| New Guinea || data-sort-value="I02"|Island 2nd largest || 0?786 || 0?53% || 0?32% || -0?21%
|-
| Japan<ref name="hon">Honshu only</ref> || data-sort-value="I07"|Island 7th largest || 0?228 || 0?15% || 0?10% || -0?05%
|-
| Mainland Britain || data-sort-value="I09"|Island 9th largest || 0?209 || 0?14% || 0?10% || -0?04%
|-
| Island of Ireland || data-sort-value="I20"|Island 20th largest || 0?082 || 0?05% || 0?03% || -0?02%
|}

<references/>

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon?}}
Bad map projection #248: Madagascator

Mercator projection but with the North Pole in the Indian Ocean so it exaggerates the size of Madagascar instead of Greenland? Various countries and oceans are labeled, and country borders are shown?
{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Bad Map Projections]]