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This series began in January 2017 and has at least two installments as of February 2017.
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This comic series is about [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]'s bad {{w|map projections}}. Maps, real or, in this case, invented, are a [[:Category:Maps|recurrent topic]] on xkcd. Randall especially focuses on map projections, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, most famously depicted in [[977: Map Projections]]. Projecting Earth on a flat map is not possible to do without distortion since the Earth is round, so every projection is a compromise. Normally, the projections try to be useful in some way while less precise on other situations. In this series, however, Randall solely makes fun of the idea of many different projections, even calling them all Bad Map Projections.
  
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[[Randall]] has been into [[:Category:Maps|maps]] for a long time on xkcd. Especially he focused on {{w|map projections}}, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, as in [[977: Map Projections]]. This is not possible to do without distortion because the Earth is not flat.
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A long time after releasing that comic, which did not say the projections were bad, but clearly showed how different Earth's countries looks in different maps, he continues the list of projections (well, with Bad Map Projections he made himself) in what turned out to be a series, of three comics so far.  
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-->The map projections he has released all get a number, which, if taken seriously, would mean there are at least 349 that haven't been released, as the highest number so far is 358. The first two, [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize|The Liquid Resize]] and [[1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones|Time Zones]] were released using a similar six color scheme, with each country in a different color than its closest neighbors, but all the following ones were just plain black, gray, and white.<noinclude>
  
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However, these projections are not real projections, and they are all named "Bad Map Projection: ''(Name)''".
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So far, they have the following numbers (release order shown at the end):
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They even get a number, which if taken seriously would mean there are 355 unreleased bad map projections at least. So far they have the following numbers, listed in number order rather than release order:
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:<nowiki>#45</nowiki>: [[2951: Bad Map Projection: Exterior Kansas|Exterior Kansas]] (No. 7)
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:<nowiki>#79</nowiki>: [[1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones|Time Zones]]
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:<nowiki>#79</nowiki>: [[1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones|Time Zones]] (No. 2)
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:<nowiki>#107</nowiki>: [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize|The Liquid Resize]]
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:<nowiki>#102</nowiki>: [[2999: Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia|The United Stralia]] (No. 8)
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:<nowiki>#358</nowiki>: [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize|South America]]
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:<nowiki>#107</nowiki>: [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize|The Liquid Resize]] (No. 1)
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:<nowiki>#152</nowiki>: [[2807: Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude)|ABS(Longitude)]] (No. 6)
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This may give promise of several more bad projections. So far, both have been released using a similar six color scheme, like a political map with each country in a different color than its closest neighbors.
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:<nowiki>#194</nowiki>: [[3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres|Interrupted Spheres]] (No. 9)
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:<nowiki>#248</nowiki>: [[2613: Bad Map Projection: Madagascator|Madagascator]] (No. 5)
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:<nowiki>#299</nowiki>: [[2489: Bad Map Projection: The Greenland Special|The Greenland Special]] (No. 4)
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:<nowiki>#358</nowiki>: [[2256: Bad Map Projection: South America|South America]] (No. 3)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 3 December 2025

This comic series is about Randall's bad map projections. Maps, real or, in this case, invented, are a recurrent topic on xkcd. Randall especially focuses on map projections, which are various ways to show the Earth on a flat surface, most famously depicted in 977: Map Projections. Projecting Earth on a flat map is not possible to do without distortion since the Earth is round, so every projection is a compromise. Normally, the projections try to be useful in some way while less precise on other situations. In this series, however, Randall solely makes fun of the idea of many different projections, even calling them all Bad Map Projections.

The map projections he has released all get a number, which, if taken seriously, would mean there are at least 349 that haven't been released, as the highest number so far is 358. The first two, The Liquid Resize and Time Zones were released using a similar six color scheme, with each country in a different color than its closest neighbors, but all the following ones were just plain black, gray, and white.

So far, they have the following numbers (release order shown at the end):

#45: Exterior Kansas (No. 7)
#79: Time Zones (No. 2)
#102: The United Stralia (No. 8)
#107: The Liquid Resize (No. 1)
#152: ABS(Longitude) (No. 6)
#194: Interrupted Spheres (No. 9)
#248: Madagascator (No. 5)
#299: The Greenland Special (No. 4)
#358: South America (No. 3)
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