Tuungsten t1_j3yu2rx wrote on January 12, 2023 at 12:16 AM Reply to comment by Bob_Skywalker in Why are coastlines crinkly near the poles but smooth in the tropics? by emsot There's one thing I wanna add to this, the Mercator projection zooms in on things closer to the poles. So you can get higher definition the further noth you are because of the distortion. Permalink Parent 0
Tuungsten t1_j3yu2rx wrote
Reply to comment by Bob_Skywalker in Why are coastlines crinkly near the poles but smooth in the tropics? by emsot
There's one thing I wanna add to this, the Mercator projection zooms in on things closer to the poles. So you can get higher definition the further noth you are because of the distortion.