{"id":1807135,"date":"2022-05-01T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1807135"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:00:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:00:57","slug":"xkcds-madagascator-projection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/05\/xkcds-madagascator-projection\/","title":{"rendered":"xkcd\u2019s Madagascator Projection"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"xkcd:<\/a>
Randall Munroe, \u201cBad Map Projection: Madagascator,\u201c xkcd, 29 Apr 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Uncharacteristically for xkcd\u2019s Bad Map Projection series, the Madagascator<\/a> is actually totally legitimate as a projection. Not that it\u2019s any less mischievous<\/em>, mind.<\/p>\n

Update, 3 May<\/em>: Turns out there was more to this xkcd cartoon. See Mercator: Extreme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uncharacteristically for xkcd\u2019s Bad Map Projection series, the Madagascator is actually totally legitimate as a projection. Not that it\u2019s any less mischievous, mind. Update, 3 May: Turns out there was more to this xkcd cartoon.… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[274,936,192,571,273],"class_list":["post-1807135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-comics","tag-fun","tag-funny","tag-map-projections","tag-xkcd","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1788218,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/xkcd-all-south-americas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1807135,"position":0},"title":"xkcd: All South Americas","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 January 2020","format":"image","excerpt":"xkcd is back with another bad map projection: in this one, it\u2019s all South Americas. 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