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A new series o''Bad Map Projections'' began in January 2017 and showed it self to be a series in February 2017.
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This series began in January 2017 and has at least two installments as of February 2017.
  
[[Randall]] has been into [[:Category:Maps|maps]] for a long time on xkcd. Especially he focused on {{w|map projections}}, where the map if projected onto a flat surface, in [[977: Map Projections]]. Something that is not possible to do without distortion for a globes surface, like the Earth.
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[[Randall]] has been into [[:Category:Maps|maps]] for a long time on xkcd. Especially he focused on {{w|map projections}}, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, as in [[977: Map Projections]]. This is not possible to do without distortion because the Earth is not flat.
  
Long time after releasing a comment on 12 map projections in that first comic, which did not say the projections where bad, but clearly showed how different Earth's countries looks in different comics, he continues the list of projections in what turned out to be a series, of at least two comics.  
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A long time after releasing that comic, which did not say the projections were bad, but clearly showed how different Earth's countries looks in different maps, he continues the list of projections (well, with Bad Map Projections he made himself) in what turned out to be a series, of two comics so far.  
  
 
However, these projections are not real projections, and they are all named "Bad Map Projection: ''(Name)''".  
 
However, these projections are not real projections, and they are all named "Bad Map Projection: ''(Name)''".  
In the first two comics they even get a number indicating how many bad projections there are. So far they have the following numbers, listen in number order rather than release order:
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They even get a number, which if taken seriously would mean there are 105 unreleased bad map projections at least. So far they have the following numbers, listed in number order rather than release order:
:<nowiki>#79</nowiki>: [[1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones]]
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:<nowiki>#79</nowiki>: [[1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones|Time Zones]]
:<nowiki>#107</nowiki>: [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize]]
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:<nowiki>#107</nowiki>: [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize|The Liquid Resize]]
  
This may give promise of several more bad projections. Both the first two have been released using a similar six color scheme, like a political map with each country in a different color than it's closest neighbors.
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This may give promise of several more bad projections. So far, both have been released using a similar six color scheme, like a political map with each country in a different color than its closest neighbors.
  
 
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Revision as of 20:00, 15 February 2017

This series began in January 2017 and has at least two installments as of February 2017.

Randall has been into maps for a long time on xkcd. Especially he focused on map projections, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, as in 977: Map Projections. This is not possible to do without distortion because the Earth is not flat.

A long time after releasing that comic, which did not say the projections were bad, but clearly showed how different Earth's countries looks in different maps, he continues the list of projections (well, with Bad Map Projections he made himself) in what turned out to be a series, of two comics so far.

However, these projections are not real projections, and they are all named "Bad Map Projection: (Name)". They even get a number, which if taken seriously would mean there are 105 unreleased bad map projections at least. So far they have the following numbers, listed in number order rather than release order:

#79: Time Zones
#107: The Liquid Resize

This may give promise of several more bad projections. So far, both have been released using a similar six color scheme, like a political map with each country in a different color than its closest neighbors.