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:It's not only point of VIEW. Our civilization is based in Europe. Europeans first discovered and then conquered rest of world (doesn't matter if the people already living there wanted to be discovered or not). "West" is what was discovered when sailing to west from Europe, "east" is what was discovered when sailing to east. Americans (especially citizens of USA) sometimes forget they are (mostly) NOT native of America, but immigrants from Europe. | :It's not only point of VIEW. Our civilization is based in Europe. Europeans first discovered and then conquered rest of world (doesn't matter if the people already living there wanted to be discovered or not). "West" is what was discovered when sailing to west from Europe, "east" is what was discovered when sailing to east. Americans (especially citizens of USA) sometimes forget they are (mostly) NOT native of America, but immigrants from Europe. | ||
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:Also, in Europe itself, the division between "east" and "west" was set at end of world war II, at {{w|Potsdam Conference}}, and I'm sure noone cared for geography there. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 12:13, 13 November 2013 (UTC) | :Also, in Europe itself, the division between "east" and "west" was set at end of world war II, at {{w|Potsdam Conference}}, and I'm sure noone cared for geography there. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 12:13, 13 November 2013 (UTC) | ||
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The map seems to be using the either the [[wikipedia:Gall stereographic projection|Gall stereographic projection]] or the [[wikipedia:Mercator projection|Mercator projection]], which is also used by Google Maps. However, the drawing does not match up with the standard projection used by Google Maps -- Better people may be able to find a projection which more closely align with the drawing. | The map seems to be using the either the [[wikipedia:Gall stereographic projection|Gall stereographic projection]] or the [[wikipedia:Mercator projection|Mercator projection]], which is also used by Google Maps. However, the drawing does not match up with the standard projection used by Google Maps -- Better people may be able to find a projection which more closely align with the drawing. | ||
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Moved from explain page. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:39, 12 December 2013 (UTC) | Moved from explain page. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:39, 12 December 2013 (UTC) | ||
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