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Every couple of full moons I like to experiment with making my own map projections. Equal-area projection of the land and water hemispheres. (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by aponigricon to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Land and water hemispheres
Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area
Created with Matplotlib in Python and Paint.NET for post-processing.

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[–] kinttach 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s the most helpful view of Antarctica I’ve seen. On most projections it looks huge or it’s hard to understand how it’s oriented compared to nearby landmasses.

So close to South America!

[–] aponigricon 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So close to South America!

I also made a wider version that is intended to accommodate South America more:

In addition, it just struck me that the OP map might illustrate perfectly the way Chileans perceive the position of their own country in the world.