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A new series o''Bad Map Projections'' began in January 2017 and showed it self to be a series in 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}}, where the map if projected onto a flat surface, in [[977: Map Projections]]. Something that is not possible to do without distortion for a globes surface, like the Earth.
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Long time after releasing a comment on 12 map projections in that first comic, which did not say the projections where bad, but clearly showed how different Earth's countries looks in different comics, he continues the list of projections in what turned out to be a series, of at least two comics.  
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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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In the first two comics they even get a number indicating how many bad projections there are. So far they have the following numbers, listen 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]]
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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]]
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:<nowiki>#102</nowiki>: [[2999: Bad Map Projection: The United Stralia|The United Stralia]] (No. 8)
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:<nowiki>#107</nowiki>: [[1784: Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize|The Liquid Resize]] (No. 1)
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This may give promise of several more bad projections. Both the first two have been released using a similar six color scheme, like a political map with each country in a different color than it's closest neighbors.
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:<nowiki>#152</nowiki>: [[2807: Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude)|ABS(Longitude)]] (No. 6)
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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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