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To quote ''{{w|The Princess Bride}}'': "Yes, you're very smart. Shut up."
 
To quote ''{{w|The Princess Bride}}'': "Yes, you're very smart. Shut up."
  
A globe is the "map projection" used by {{w|Google Earth}} when zoomed out.
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A globe is, obviously, the "map projection" used by {{w|Google Earth}} when zoomed out.
  
 
Notably, what is depicted in the panel itself (the comic being 2D) is technically an {{w|orthographic map projection}}.
 
Notably, what is depicted in the panel itself (the comic being 2D) is technically an {{w|orthographic map projection}}.

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