The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 15 hours agoTechnically correctlemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down18
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minus-squarehope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·14 hours agoFun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoSo this is only technically true. If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
minus-squaresik0fewllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoJust did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.
Fun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
The westernmost point is also in Alaska.
So this is only technically true.
If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
Just did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.
https://xkcd.com/503/