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Originally Posted by Ostfriese
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Originally Posted by SingeDebile
yes they would be perfect squares...
comon peoples this is freakin 3rd grade stuff, 5th at the maximum (sorry if im a bit frustrated)
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No surprise, as you are wrong. The areas between any two degres of longitude and any two of latitude can never form perfect squares, because both long. and lat aren't straight lines, but circles going around the globe. I'd like you to show me how to form a perfect square with at least two curved lines. |
Of course they wouldn't if squares were drawn on an actual globe. But the map in SH3, like most maps, is a cartographic projection on a flat plane. In the case of SH4 (and SH3), I'm pretty sure we're seeing a mercator projection, which is common for most world maps:
