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Comparing Globes
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:05:54 GMT
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n lugnet.general, James Wilson wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Anders Isaksson wrote:
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it would be quite difficult to produce two individual globes that
are *not* very much alike, assuming the same size.
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I gotta disagree with this - Yes, if you were painting a globe on a
spherical ball, then I would agree. But you’re using Lego and
imposing a rectilinear pattern onto a spherical object. So, you’re
going to have 4 flat “faces” made up of plate/brick sides, and a
“top” and a “bottom” (relative to studs), basically the faces of the
rectangular solids the globe is made from. So the similarity of any
two globes will depend on where, geographically, you decide to put
these brick/plate faces. And in these regards the two globes are
remarkably similar. The faces of the rectangles seem to be put in
exactly the same locations. There are some minor differences in
coloration (one has Lake Victoria in blue, Straits of Gibraltar are
two differences I noted off the bat), but the overall
geography-to-brickography relationship is there.
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So based on your argument, both of these globes
must be derived from this (10 year old) version
because the 4 corners of the earth are clearly in the same location?
Hmmm, I’m not completely convinced. However, I do admit the globe
on the lego book, and the one depicted
here (along with a nifty
instructional tutorial) do locate the corners elsewhere, so maybe
you’re onto something.
Have fun,
Don
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| (...) Agreed. (...) I gotta disagree with this - Yes, if you were painting a globe on a spherical ball, then I would agree. But you're using Lego and imposing a rectilinear pattern onto a spherical object. So, you're going to have 4 flat "faces" (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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