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Originally Posted by Nisgeis
The chart is flat, but the modelled 3D world you see is round, but the water is flat. Result is that ships 'sink' into the water at long range to model the horizon obscuring them, even though you can see the water horizon behind them.
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As far as navigation is concerned the world is flat. The distance between meridiens is same in the equator as in any other latitude . The North/South Poles are not points but lines (the meridiens don't
"converge"). They use a Mercator type of projection not as a "map" of the world but as the world itself.
What exaclty do you mean by " ...but the modelled 3D world you see is round..."?
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