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Due_Platypus_3913 t1_j3b1tqg wrote

According to maps,and the globe I’m looking at,it’s what’s called a “rectangle “.

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starmartyr t1_j3bkvxg wrote

Trapezoid would be more accurate, but if you zoom in close enough you'll see that isn't quite true. Those lines have jagged edges.

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herbw t1_j3ewiyo wrote

nope. Those are implied micro corrections to a false 2D system imposed on a sphere. Beautiful curved, smooth spherical lines is what they can do. Rest is all SOThe Bull.

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starmartyr t1_j3f46vh wrote

Nope. Those are errors and corrections made by 19th-century surveyors who didn't have the benefit of gps satellites or aerial photography.

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