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J-Reid
13th March 2008, 11:58
this may seem a silly Q but... england is near enough central on the world map we see. the U.S is to the left, europe and russa etc to the right.

but. if your in the U.S are they in the middle of the map and the UK to the right in relation to were russia is to us... if ya get me ??

or is the map the same 4 every country ??? :panic: :wacko:
kylie
13th March 2008, 12:00
:panic: :panic: aaahh.......never was good at geography! would prob take me a while to find england on the globe:panic:
Tupps
13th March 2008, 12:01
ahahaahahahhahaahah
Quick
13th March 2008, 12:01
Most countrys centre the globe on their country on their maps!
J-Reid
13th March 2008, 12:04
Most countrys centre the globe on their country on their maps!

haha ive always wondered that ! jst needed to know the facts haha
MikeCracknell
13th March 2008, 12:24
Most countrys centre the globe on their country on their maps!

Some do try to avoid the "Pacific factor" where most of the globe is taken up by the Pacific, but yes, they do centre themselves on the globe!
Robb
13th March 2008, 12:29
http://www.world-atlas.us/world-map.gif

pow.
Quick
13th March 2008, 12:35
http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-continents-map.gif

Ker-Pow!
kylie
13th March 2008, 12:35
http://www.world-atlas.us/world-map.gif

pow.

:panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: whats this strange drawing:panic:
Quick
13th March 2008, 12:37
http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/images/USAWorld.jpg
J-Reid
13th March 2008, 12:49
http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/images/USAWorld.jpg

haha thats quite funny.
Lee_P
13th March 2008, 12:52
are you stoned?
J-Reid
13th March 2008, 17:00
no no mate, dont smoke the reefa lol
vidal
13th March 2008, 18:21
Scary, but for a better, more accurate view - ditch the Mercator projection and use the Peters projection.

http://www.emw-d.de/fix/files/peter-proj.jpg

Shows the land masses in their true relative sizes and also has the equator running across the centre of the page. (Mercator shows Europe roughly the same size as Africa and the Equator is actually biased towards the Northern Hemisphere.)

V.
Lee_P
13th March 2008, 18:33
we are so tiny !!!!! pretty amazing that we once ruled most it that was when we were truly GREAT britain xxxxxx
callum_tompkins
13th March 2008, 20:05
No they dont, its all set on time zones and cus england are the best they have the GMT time zone which is the middle one,