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minus-squarejoshthewaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoIt’s a map of the area and is not the whole universe. A cylinder is a reasonable way to depict the local area and putting our main reference point in the middle makes sense.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhy don’t they use a sphere and use a spherical coordinate system? (angle, angle, distance)
It’s a map of the area and is not the whole universe. A cylinder is a reasonable way to depict the local area and putting our main reference point in the middle makes sense.
Why don’t they use a sphere and use a spherical coordinate system? (angle, angle, distance)