Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Education, Science and Culture Message-ID: <633@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 18:55:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.633 Posted: Mon Aug 5 18:55:35 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 00:19:22 EDT References: <138@cosivax.UUCP> <1068@teddy.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Distribution: net Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 30 Summary: In article <1068@teddy.UUCP> lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney) writes: >On a traditional map we see Europe and North America ON TOP. We see Africa, >Latin America, and most of Asia BENEATH. > >When you see this physical relationship inverted it is quite striking what >a different view you get about the "power/quality/importance" >relationship of those areas. Actually, what's located where depends on which country the map was drawn in. Cartographers tend to place their own country in the center of world maps. Maps drawn in the U.S. naturally have the United States in the center. Granted, maps drawn symmetrically around the equator will show some of the effect you mention. (I suppose a polar projection indicates that the Eskimos rule the world (-: ). It is instructive to look at historical maps of the United States as drawn in the United States and in Mexico. The areas labeled "ceded by Mexico" on our maps are labeled "stolen by the United States" on theirs. " ... there's not a square inch of land on the face of the Earth in the possession of its rightful owner." -- Mark Twain -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe