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The World upside down
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013
The World upside down
The convention that North is at the top on most modern maps was established by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (90-168 AD) and was adopted by other cartographers.
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The World upside down and centered on Indonesia
In modern times, reversed maps are made as a learning device or to illustrate Northern Hemisphere bias.
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Them All!
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For several years now I have been driving a "Flex Fuel" vehicle - which means it can run on different blends of gasoline and ethanol. In my area I have a choice to use either Regular Unleaded or E-85 (85% ethanol fuel and 15% gasoline by volume.) The E-85 is typically priced substantially lower than Regular gas but there is a trade-off in that E-85 does not deliver the same mileage as Regular.