Geodesy

yuuki @yuuki26

seems the majority of #studytwt are indonesians and filipinos. i like both but dont know where people from other countries are.

yuuki @yuuki26

just learned where those countries are. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worl… pic.twitter.com/f3xEd2BY1n

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yuuki @yuuki26

this Mercator map is confusing. now i prefer the so-called azimuthal equidistant projection.

yuuki @yuuki26

you can see hawaii and south america are due east of mainland tokyo (not everywhere in japan) with this. blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/5b/… blog.goo.ne.jp/marneyoze/e/71… pic.twitter.com/fMeO4pQxc7

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yuuki @yuuki26

confusingly, due west of honolulu, there's no tokyo. that seems to be either the philippines or indonesia.

yuuki @yuuki26

im not yet familiar with terms like equator and poles

yuuki @yuuki26

ill start from a blank ball later. seems the earth isnt a ball tho. its an ellipsoid.