Comments on: Two weird maps

By: Links of the Week (2008/12) :: cimddwc

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By: John

John — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:38:03 +0000

Speaking of Pareidolia, I see the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man singing an aria. Maybe it’s duet with that bat like creature on the other hemisphere.

It must be a sign.

By: Alf

Alf — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:54:37 +0000

Yes, it seems just that tha map is turned by 180°, not flipped. This means that S is high and East is on the left. And this makes sense since it is like it appears in a telescope just with the ocular.

E-W flipping (or N-S) happens only if you use a prism, bu tha wouldn’t be useful to draw a map in that way, since it cannot be converted just by turning it!
Alf

By: Hunter

Hunter — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:20:58 +0000

Am I the only one who sees a resemblance between the map of Mars and Kang and/or Kodos from The Simpsons?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a32/LifeInPrism/KangMars.jpg

Pareidolia or interplanetary conspiracy? You decide.

By: KC

KC — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:47:41 +0000

Martinus:

Hmm . . . Anyone else remember the details of the West Crater at Tranquility Base? Something about NASA not following the IAU convention? Or am I miss-remembering?

By: Nemo

Nemo — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:19:16 +0000

One of my favorite books as a child was “An Atlas of Fantasy”, by J.B. Post.

This might be even cooler.

By: Martinus

Martinus — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:40:12 +0000

The wikipedia entry on Mare Orientale gives 1961 as the year the astronautic convention for north, south, east and west was adopted by the IAU. That is why the Mare Orientale is on the western limb of the moon and old maps are printed with the south at the top.