Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 years agoUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionslemmy.worldimagemessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1522arrow-down113
arrow-up1509arrow-down1imageUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionslemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 years agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoNo, you can ignore that part. The image isn’t showing how to accurately draw a head onto a surface, it’s showing how this given head drawing would look in different projections.
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoProjections from what? You don’t need a projection for a drawing, it’s already a 2d image.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoYes, again, that’s the point. It assumes the sphere projection is correct, and shows how each of the 2D projections isn’t correct. This isn’t hard.
No, you can ignore that part. The image isn’t showing how to accurately draw a head onto a surface, it’s showing how this given head drawing would look in different projections.
Projections from what? You don’t need a projection for a drawing, it’s already a 2d image.
Yes, again, that’s the point.
It assumes the sphere projection is correct, and shows how each of the 2D projections isn’t correct. This isn’t hard.