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Date Posted: 23:50:06 10/07/01 Sun
Author: Don Barone
Subject: Another way to look at our world

Ever wonder how those "down under" never fall off the earth and why they wonder how we don't fall off. Maybe it's because of the way they view our world. Besides who the hell ever said that North had to be up. Seems to me originally South was always at the top of maps. Anyway here is the way Austrailian and New Zealand children view our world.


©1988 Maps International Inc. Available from ODT Inc.
NOTE: This version of the upside down map is NOT a Peters Projection. Rather it is portrayed with south at the top via a Van der Grinten projection, which is in a class of maps known as "compromise" projections. This particular upside down map is colorful, visually engaging, and has all the flags of the countries of the world around the border. The upside down map in a Peters Projection (as seen on West Wing) is not available.

Regards
Don Barone

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