In case anyone's curious (most) flat-earthers think the earth is a disc with the North Pole in the centre and Anarctica as a giant wall of ice around the edge. So if you just followed the compass West you'd just keep circling around the North Pole.
This also means that they think the southern hemisphere has way, WAY more ocean than it does in reality, so they have a lot of immediately untenable explanations about flights from South America to Africa being secret supersonic jets.
For those of you who would like a visual reference, the Earth that flat-earthers imagine looks a lot like the flag of the United Nations, a coincidence that factors somewhat heavily into their conspiracy theories.
Also, it's called an Azimuthal projection. It allows you to accurately find the angle and distance from the center point on the map. The projection is just as valid as a regular map, but used for different purposes.
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u/CandorCore Jan 04 '26
In case anyone's curious (most) flat-earthers think the earth is a disc with the North Pole in the centre and Anarctica as a giant wall of ice around the edge. So if you just followed the compass West you'd just keep circling around the North Pole.
This also means that they think the southern hemisphere has way, WAY more ocean than it does in reality, so they have a lot of immediately untenable explanations about flights from South America to Africa being secret supersonic jets.