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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This is the third comic in the series of [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|Bad Map Projections]] | + | {{incomplete|Created by a OOPS! ALL SOUTHAMERICABERRIES CEREAL BOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
| + | This comic shows a {{w|Map projection|map projection}} in which every continent and larger islands has just been replaced with a differently scaled and rotated version of the continent of {{w|South America}}. This is the third comic in the series of [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|Bad Map Projections]]. | ||
| − | The comic | + | The comic is likely in reference to the bad map designs in which continents like Africa and South America have been swapped, or where someone will jokingly replace Greenland with South America. |
| − | + | The caption of the comic is a reference to the {{w|Cap'n Crunch}} cereal type that became a meme, ''Oops! All Berries''. | |
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| − | The caption of the comic is a reference to the {{w|Cap'n Crunch}} cereal type that became a meme, | ||
Interestingly on the original South America, the archipelago or main island (hard to tell) of {{w|Tierra del Fuego}} is replaced with a small South America, while all other South Americas, including the one replacing the Tierra del Fuego, include it in their shape. | Interestingly on the original South America, the archipelago or main island (hard to tell) of {{w|Tierra del Fuego}} is replaced with a small South America, while all other South Americas, including the one replacing the Tierra del Fuego, include it in their shape. | ||
| − | The title text claims that the map projection does a good job preserving distance and azimuth, the joke being that the distance and azimuth being preserved for the non-South America continents are those of South America and not the original continent. Note that | + | The title text claims that the map projection does a good job preserving distance and azimuth, the joke being that the distance and azimuth being preserved for the non-South America continents are those of South America and not the original continent. Note that while this is true for most of the larger landmasses, many of the smaller South Americas are distorted more significantly (such as the South Americas that replace New Zealand). |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[A map of the world, but every landmass has been replaced with South America, rotated and resized to roughly match the real landmasses they represent. South America is correct, except that the | + | :[A map of the world, but every landmass has been replaced with South America, rotated and resized to roughly match the real landmasses they represent. South America is correct, except that the small island a the bottom of the continent also has been switch to a small South America.] |
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Bad Map Projections]] | [[Category:Bad Map Projections]] | ||
