Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 3 months agoUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionslemmy.worldimagemessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down112
arrow-up1508arrow-down1imageUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionslemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 3 months agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months 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 months 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 months 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.