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What would the world's largest cities be like if the land masses were rotated by 90 degrees? (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] thenextguy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

On which axis?

[โ€“] zikzak025@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They show an example in the video, it's just swapping the equator and the prime meridian. Hence why Britain (self-declared center of the world at GMT+0) ends up on the new equator.

The more detailed article on XKCD's site specifies they're using the Cassini Projection:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini_projection