Can You Make an Accurate Map?

[@ailsacarlaw2097]

who needs maps when you have a dad claiming to have a great sense of direction

[@bigbodybertha445]

Ailsa Carlaw 😂

[@alonsomalpica0]

I wish I had a dad...

[@TylerMatthewHarris]

hazardous017 ill be your dad

[@elvolvasky69]

hazardous017 now you have a family congratulations

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

Two words: road construction. Good luck.

[@moritzl7065]

I actually saw this sentence once: "The flat earth society has members around the globe" Notice the irony?

[@sgtStones]

"notice the irony?" .... no, please help us. its too complicated dude. WHERE IS IT? also: I dont believe you. seems made up. also it would only be ironic if a flat earther had said it, otherswise it would simply be correct.

[@teriyakichicken1848]

sgtStones It would still be ironic. Just because it's correct doesn't change that.

[@thomascameron2612]

It was probably designed that way... Nobody believes the earth is flat. The whole idea is satire. Lol.

[@jacoblojewski8729]

It's not ironic though. It's all a conspiracy from "Big Science"(TM)(c)(R). They've infiltrated the dictionaries and redefined what "around" means. Joke's on you!......? /sarcasm

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

I don't get it. Do you mean they live on the edge, where they might stumble and fall off?

[@emraldmars]

I would be very interested in the Flat Earthers response if SpaceX offered to take them into orbit.

[@normandollar7251]

you sir get a like

[@DaffyDaffyDaffy33322]

Knowing how they reason, they'd probably say it was a simulation. Either the windows were high def monitors or they were drugged and hallucinating.

[@eiram2005]

Kenny Zhang yep

[@oreole9608]

+Kenny Zhang cool

[@Frostbain]

If the couple that took up the offer ceded that the earth was, in fact, round instead of trying to explain it off; the others would just say that SpaceX paid them off and ostracize them from the rest of the group.

[@rm2569]

The waterman butterfly is clearly the superior one.

[@m1lkweed]

rafael m Really? You know the Waterman? Have you seen the 1909 Cahill Map it's based- ...You have a framed reproduction at home?! Whoa. ...Listen, forget these questions. Are you doing anything tonight?

[@CGreyL3]

rafael m Lapidot

[@BuildersOfBlocks]

M1lkweed 761 Knew I'd find this here

[@vedikabhatnagar335]

Nice reference!

[@rm2569]

otp

[@bruinflight]

I CHALLENGE SCISHOW TO MAKE A CONVINCING ARGUMENT VIDEO THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT FOR APRIL FOOLS DAY.

[@alexmcgeachy9454]

bruinflight SHUT UP AND TAKE MY LIKE

[@bruinflight]

😂

[@killerful]

bruinflight I'm ded!😂😂😂

[@FenryrGrey]

Oh boy, and then all the conspiracy crowd will miss quote it everywhere. Very risky. (I'm very fun at parties :P)

[@ziboyang2056]

+

[@traplover6357]

The Earth is not flat or a globe. It's a Line, Obviously. 3D and 2D are a myth.

[@squareoaks4161]

Fun fact: The Mercator projection doesn't give the shortest distance from A to B, but gives the compass heading you should maintain to get from A to B. Taking the shortest route is typically more complicated as the compass heading changes on the journey. Self Promo: For anyone interested, I did a video recently on how the flat earth map can actually be used to disprove the flat earth theory.

[@Arthur19701]

Now this is a fact

[@MrKydaman]

3:22 "shows that the Earth isn't flat" In your face flat Earthers.

[@DoctorNikkiP]

What do maps and fish have in common? They both have scales

[@Creuilcreuil]

and both taste good too

[@erikthegodeatingpenguin2335]

Let me guess, let me guess! They are both full of mercury! Did I get it?

[@BlackWolf42-]

Mercator to mercury. I think I know what you're saying!

[@ssskellingtonn]

thats a knee slapper man‼️

[@GD15555]

The earth is flat.

[@KOrbiid]

This must be infuriating for Flat earthers.

[@darkfire090]

+Drink Me Triangles are still flat mate :d

[@GoldSrc_]

woosh

[@darkfire090]

Gordon Freeman whoosh whoosh, Freeman, it's called a joke

[@ElvisKnucklehead]

Who cares. They aren't really worth talking to because most, if not all, flat refuse to accept anything that could possible show them to be wrong. There's no debating with that.

[@frankschneider6156]

+darkfire090 make it a 5-simplex then

[@DylanStJohn-bi6wg]

Lol "How old are you, are you old enough for that"

[@maxximumb]

If I were ever to meet a flat earther, I'd ask them to take me to the edge. If we ever got there, I'd push them off the edge. Mainly because they'd have spent the entire trip telling my how NASA faked the moon landing.

[@Multimol7]

You don't know yet? Look at the Chinese spacewalk, it's hilarious

[@HitodamaKyrie]

I looked at it, but I don't see the problem. Looks like a spacewalk in space. Woohoo.

[@jliller]

You can't get to the edge of the flat earth; the giant ice wall is in the way. The ice wall is to keep people away from the wall of the giant dome over the flat earth. (/not a Flat Earther, I've just heard their excuse before.)

[@Letrus100]

I thought their excuse was that the government's around the world banded together to keep it a secret.

[@Nozerone]

I have also heard the excuse that you can't reach the edge because there is military all along it that stops people from getting to the edge.

[@jeremyhickcox6767]

Or ya know you could buy a globe...

[@RunItsTheCat]

The Earth is "flat" if you define the word "flat" as spherical

[@soufianekharroubi8835]

There are still ppl thinking the earth is flat? xD

[@SlimThrull]

Earth is flat. Ask a photon. You'll see. (Not trolling, its a physics joke.)

[@vampyricon7026]

SlimThrull I did one similar to this, but I used 0.9999999999c.

[@frtard]

I lol'd harder than I should've

[@MarioFanGamer659]

That reminds me of a video VSause has made except he used a myon instead of a photon.

[@datkiteh662]

I don't get it. :( Can someone explain?

[@MarioFanGamer659]

@Dat Kiteh: General relativity where the faster an object moves relatively to other objects, it becomes squished in the direction, applying to both frames (i.e. if you move, the world sees you squished in that direction but if on the other hand, you will see that the world has been flattened instead). Photones travel at the speed of light so the earth has got the height of 0 to them.

[@celenameg]

MAPQUEST.

[@Falstov]

I create software that uses many GIS concepts with LiDAR. I had to teach myself about projections while on the job (software engineer). It's a very difficult field, and I have a huge deal of respect for the mathematicians, cartographers, and GIS individuals who make it all work. I've recently discovered the flat earther fad and took a look. I never comment on the videos because it most likely won't matter - I think it's funny that this video hinted at how ridiculous they are though. This is what I wanted to comment on their videos saying: If the earth was flat, how would the math I had to implement to convert coordinate system A to coordinate system B work to begin with (it's accurate down to a millimeter)? The math is indisputable. I appreciate SciShow covering this topic!

[@bishopofapples]

mentalfloss.com/article/88138/more-accurate-world-map-wins-prestigious-japanese-design-award

[@isilzhamir3725]

I'm a fan of the Dymaxian projection. I like seeing how the land mass sizes compare to each other.

[@FewVidsJustComments]

Yes, and the countries

[@Multimol7]

I think this is what you call controlled opposition.

[@Multimol7]

+MrZesky - That Bassist it's not? You're contradicting yourself a little

[@96ace96]

I have never actually seen a so called 'flat earther' in all my life, other than people parodying them. At this point I'm 60% convinced it is all a conspiracy in order to make me believe that humans are dumber than they are. And I'm going to keep believing that, because the alternative is too depressing.

[@erinholley]

96ace96 my neighbor is a flat earther

[@20cmdeservesbetter]

More than half of my class last year were flat earthers....they brought religion into the conversation, it got pretty heated considering that it was supposed to be a lighthearted debate

[@Great_Olaf5]

I've never met a flat earther, but I have met a moon landing denier. At least, he was when I went to middle school with him ten years ago.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@@20cmdeservesbetter You should think about switching schools.

[@TripleSuccotash1]

We only use physical maps now for small areas of land where the curve of the earth does not matter to us in a significant way. Everyone uses digital representations of the earth on their phones for maps which actually should be the most accurate to a globe because the phone usually scrolls across a 3D representation in the coding like when using google earth I think.

[@Master_Therion]

The Flat Earth society... has members all around the globe. ^_^ (not my joke btw)

[@derkommissar4986]

Master Therion that is edited with inspect element

[@braindeadgenius2]

3D print the geography and oceans of the world to impresive detail in pieces like a puzzle

[@wess9900]

I remember when I was eight MapQuest being used by my parents

[@abonynge]

Mapquest still gives better directions than Google Maps for long distance travel. Just sayin

[@ArchdukeVN]

I really liked this video, and I really appreciate how when talking about Mercator Projection you didn't go into a tirade about European Imperialism. Not that I have any experience in perhaps an AP Human Geography Class.

[@frankschneider6156]

+Kyle Nichols So you do have experience in being a European imperialist instead ?

[@misuvva]

i was not old enough for that

[@spicymeat4477]

The flat earth society has members all around the globe.

[@philtripe]

without flat earthers we wouldnt have anyone to clean out the fryers, clean out the sewer pipes, spray harmful chemicals, pick up road kill to make pet food...we need these people that dont think because if they did they wouldnt do those jobs for us

[@davidm.johnston8994]

It's crazy there's still people who think the earth is flat even nowadays.

[@DaxianPreston]

David M. Johnston it's actually a more modern trend. Even Columbus thought the earth was round that's why he sailed west in the first place.

[@thomascameron2612]

...... People keep going on about it..... It's satire?

[@KittyBoom360]

Yeah, for thousands of years, there have been experts in map making and geometry who have known the earth is curved, and yet there has always been laymen who have seen it as it directly appears to their senses.

[@skoobydoofus5997]

Just old enough to recognize Mapquest, just barely too young to have used it for myself. ;P

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

Question to all of the flat-earthers: are you sure the north pole is really in the centre and not the south pole?

[@Multimol7]

Center of what? What the hell are you talking about

[@HitodamaKyrie]

He's talking about the stupid circle disc. The one that claims Antarctica is a giant barrier-wall and the sun is 3000 miles away.

[@sharonsloan]

Ganaram Inukshuk On one video they said "NASA protects the ice wall". Game of Thrones immediately came to mind. Can't remember anything else of that video as I was laughing.

[@the1exnay]

the north pole is just more sensible to put in the center, there is much more travel near and through it thanks to it being close to greenland, canada, russia and some northern european countries nobody cares about. whereas the south pole doesnt really have that much near it, therefore it's more believable that it could be a great conspiracy without it being immediately obvious to lots of people. plus the south pole has treaties about no non-scientific missions there and stuff. noone owns it and whatever (almost as though they're trying to keep people away so their secret is safe) whereas the north pole is much more politically bland. additionally if i understand correctly it is possible (and perhaps has been done) to drive a ship to the north pole, just nuclear powered ship breaking the ice and driving through it. of course with much difficulty. whereas since there is land under the south pole (or so we're told) they dont do stuff like that im not a flat-earther, but really there are loads of reasons to choose the south pole as the wall, makes lots more sense

[@kindnessfirst9670]

If the South Pole was in the center we would all fall off the Earth!

[@CruiserZone]

You should have Eddie Bravo on, He'll set you straight on this!

[@hydronpowers9014]

Better idea, I make the world..... CUBE!

[@silentt8161]

hydron powers velociraptor > Any shape

[@jamaicasam4827]

hydron powers imma one-up you , TESSARACT!

[@CBFfanPeternb291]

minecraff

[@BlackWolf42-]

A Hypercube would explain it better.

[@_Killkor]

I'm still behind the theory, that our world is a rapidly spinning gaint banana. It spins so fast, that we see a sphere instead of that banana. I find this theory to be really a-peel-ing

[@ProfessorChops]

4:00 I see that you did there

[@EdwardCree]

This is basically just XKCD 977, though ;)

[@katiekam3468]

Edward Cree Where is the waterman butterfly projection through?

[@gobokinje9183]

Wow, Hank got really sassy in this one :P

[@stormbob]

I had a cartographer once tell me "You couldn't possibly draw the continents accurately on a flat surface!" but I think he was just projecting.

[@Normandy-e8i]

why cant you just draw every country the exact size it is on flat paper, just making the scale a lot smaller?

[@varana]

Because the country is not on a flat surface?

[@mikewilliams6025]

Thanks for giving zero credence to that god-awful Gall-Peters the Sorkin-diehard hipsters are always raving about.

[@mo_arrows2234]

What about the Waterman Butterfly?

[@sonoftheway3528]

Is there an actual significant amount of flat earthers or are they just mostly trolls?

[@Hulksterx]

SonoftheWay35 Trust me, you don't want to know. They are real and there are too many of them.

[@sonoftheway3528]

are they from developed countries? where they should be educated about such things? Is it religious? I don't know of any mainstream religions that have a hard doctrine about the shape of the earth......

[@Letrus100]

It usually has some christian religious ties to the conspiracy.

[@sonoftheway3528]

I don't ever remember the bible ever mentioning the shape of the earth......then again, I haven't read the whole thing.

[@Letrus100]

Yeah me neither, but it has more to do with the government wanting to hide gods existence or something like that.

[@michaelgranzeier5300]

I feel like I've seen this before.

[@wintertime1607]

False: the earth is a pentagon :3

[@rebelbeammasterx8472]

The Earth is a hyper-tetrahedron.

[@roxlovesfearless]

A pentagon is still flat tho

[@Normandy-e8i]

why cant you just draw every country the exact size it is on flat paper, just making the scale a lot smaller? if greenland is 10 cm long irl, just make is 1cm long on the map. Sure it'll be a large map but it'll be accurate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Anna133199]

HeavenHammer Uhm.. What exactly are you asking? 😅 I'm confused..

[@killercaos123]

Countries aren't flat. A sphere can not go into a round hole. Once you flatten a sphere, there will ALWAYS be distortions.

[@Hoehlenmaensch]

You don't spell triple "tripel" in german. This word does not exist in that way. There is only the word "dreifach". It might be a latin derived word though.

[@niku..]

Hoehlenmaensch haha xD A typical German...

[@derdurstbursch]

Das Tripel. Exists 100%. Sry Brudi ^^

[@Hoehlenmaensch]

Still doesn't just translate to triple.

[@derdurstbursch]

Hoehlenmaensch It is latin derived, you are right. and it translates to the noun "the triple". The adjective "triple" is synonymous to "threefold" wich obviously has common roots with "dreifach" in german and means the same.

[@frankschneider6156]

+Veganes Spanferkel Babe Hey, don't forget you are talking to a cave man.

[@nicholaskotlarczyk9083]

Kyrie Irving doesn't approve of this video

[@adrianozambranamarchetti2187]

At 1:49 Captions and video don't match... What do I believe??? Flat earth it is 😂

[@mightbedan3590]

Adriano Zambrana Marchetti what do you mean they don't match? It's perfect

[@adrianozambranamarchetti2187]

HaiImDan Sorry, got the timestamp a bit wrong, fixed it

[@ap7k533]

+Adriano Zambrana Marchetti go to the doctor soon

[@Fuzzycute32]

oh no... here come the flat earthers....

[@randallgates3679]

Flat earthers are as smart as Trump

[@alexsiemers7898]

I guess [number of dislikes] Flat-Earthers didn't appreciate your jokes.

[@itaybron]

of course it's flat. how else would the turtle carry it on it's back?

[@kernjones1982]

Possibly the only applicable use of Vector calculus

[@J3susChrist]

*cough cough* kyrie *cough cough*

[@valehaarrhatlo1906]

love mas andre glodes

[@gottalikeit2010]

I'm waiting for a Saturday morning Trump tweet declaring round earth theorists to being false news.

[@KingsleyIII]

Not a two-dimensional one. Globes are the only world "maps" that show all landmasses and countries in their correct scale.

[@the7311]

You can tell he's really annoyed with flat-earthers

[@puncheex2]

The best is a globe - and not a picture of a globe, which is an azimuthal projection), but a real globe. Anyone got a working holographic display yet? However, a globe suffers in that the viewer is not being able to see more than half the Earth at any time. Side-by-side comparison of, say, England and Japan is impossible without using two globes. Nothing is perfect, ll is compromise. Undertanding is the best solution.

[@DaHoePatrol]

I can't but Piri Reis can

[@Ngamotu83]

1:51 Africa is not eight times the size of Greenland. It's more like fourteen times the size. Africa is about 30 million square kilometres, compared to the 2.1 million square kilometres that is Greenland.

[@LoenjaSelter]

@1:50 CC dont agree with what Hank is saying

[@wolfieb3366]

Remember when your biggest pet peeve was the flat earthers? I miss those days.

[@louise84ification]

How about Peter'S projection?

[@ThomasAlanCarpenter]

But why are there accurate maps around my anus?

[@chargingbig4317]

Since you all are on a map kick, could you do a GIS episode?

[@KalHadden]

Shout out to map quest, which is only relevant when describing how old you are.

[@florascent9ts]

all you need is a basic understanding of the physical world to know no celestial body could ever be flat.

[@マカシオショーン]

Did anyone watch Vox version of this video?

[@ArjanHier]

Eventually, it all comes down to peanut butter, right?

[@magister343]

www.xkcd.com/977/

[@FieryRedmond]

"How old are you? Old enough for that?" excuse me

[@Plarby]

it's a disc on the backs of 4 elephants, on the back of a space turtle. duuuh

[@merlinHPtwilight]

I am always fascinated by maps and how they influence how we see the world. Great topic scishow!!

[@stevenaren]

Im surprised i havent seen a comment asking, "Why is there an accurate map around my anus?" or something like it

[@RavenwolfFoxtrack]

seems the flat earth society has downvoted this video

[@alexgaming127]

The ”AuthaGraph” projection is a map projection that was created in 1999 by Japanese architect ”Hajime Narukawa” and is consirered ”the most realistic map projection” sure, it’s impossible to make it 100% accurate, but the diffrent types of projections you can make is almost endless. It is very realistic in many aspects and was made by dividing the Earth’s surface into 96 triangles, it can even be folded into a 3 dimensional globe! It generally preserves the area and shape of continents, as well as avoiding cutting them in half

[@pvtpain66k]

My wife and I were talking about how the person in the front passenger seat is effectively the Co-Pilot, and bears such responsibilities. We were talking about MapQuest at one point. :x

[@Altrantis]

As a geographer, people's lack of understanding of maps and the spread of misinformation about things like the Mercator map and strange conspiracy theories regarding it, I'm glad this video was made. Thank you.

[@crywhit4619]

I'd love if SCI Show did a mini series debunking science conspiracy theories ie: flat earth, Mandela effect, etc.

[@infinitecanadian]

That picture of Hank being stretched should be t-shirt art for their next merchandising campaign.

[@sydthegoat88]

Oswald Winkel sounds like a euphemism for flashing a moon. "....so I gave them the old 'Oswald Winkel', to show my distaste at their authority"

[@killercaos123]

My favorite map projection is the "Goode homolosine projection". It's called the "orange-peel map" because it has distinguished parts of it that resemble a range peel. I like it because of its compromise of global area. It doesn't look too weird, and it's very useful.

[@JediBearBob]

Thank you so much for discussing this without mentioning the Gall-Peters Projection.

[@bigbodybertha445]

This is actually one of my favorite videos.

[@redracerb18]

Do a Tesla mini-series covering all his inventions and discoveries. this post will be posted on all future videos until we get the mini-series or response.

[@KTM_Trooper]

redracerb18 oh so you are that guy

[@sultanofswingdrift3021]

redracerb18 I think if you make substantial patreon contribution you will get better results.

[@emilymontague8550]

Hank on maps is one of my favourite things

[@emilymontague8550]

those of you who haven't watched his vlogbrothers video on maps - fix that!

[@michaelborop4214]

The Mercator projection does not preserve large shapes (Greenland is an obvious example), it preserves small shapes, rhumb lines, and linear scale around any point.

[@PokeTube]

How To Make An Accurate Map: Mix Mercator map + Lambert's Cylindrical Projection!

[@Jenn12141983]

Why yes, Hank, I am old enough to have used Mapquest. Thanks for making me feel like a crusty old hag today 😢

[@Irixion]

"Huge area of not map" - Hank 2017 This is 100% scientific.

[@davidawakim5473]

Caught a mistake: At 1:50 the subtitles say "Nearly 14 times" But Hank says 8 times ps, the Subtitles are correct

[@Great_Olaf5]

That's one of the reasons for subtitles, to correct mistakes without having to remake and re-upload the video.

[@paulk314]

Thank you for not doing the thing that people so often do where they crap all over the Mercator projection as a useless projection and as a tool of imperialism blah blah blah. It's actually a really great map projection that I didn't fully appreciate until recently.

[@YukoValis]

Peirce Quincuncial is hands down my favorite map projection.

[@GabeLucario]

1:51 "8x"? I thought it was nearly 14x Greenland's size

[@IconicPhotonic]

4:03 "It would be really nice if everybody agreed with that sentence." Haha, a nice underhanded remark

[@invisibleninja86]

I remember MapQuest and also using the giant paper state maps. My parents gave them to me to follow along with where we were going on long drives because I could never sleep in cars. I know have a very good sense of direction while my sister, who always slept in the car, gets lost inside of buildings.

[@invisibleninja86]

*now