tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523671.post111732038893735824..comments2023-10-25T03:40:43.931-07:00Comments on Ne Cresin so Arthaey: Up is North, I say!Arthaey Angosiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107174886837969594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523671.post-1118159278171897172005-06-07T08:47:00.000-07:002005-06-07T08:47:00.000-07:00Hi there, Arthaey: thanks for the link.Hi there, Arthaey: thanks for the link.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523671.post-1117327771057924832005-05-28T17:49:00.000-07:002005-05-28T17:49:00.000-07:00I think I'd be curious of, not confused by, someon...I think I'd be curious of, not confused by, someone using "up" for south if their culture's maps used that convention normally. But when I'm talking with others from my own north-is-up map tradition, I get momentarily confused.<BR/><BR/>I'll grant you that it <EM>is</EM> arbitrary, but it's also fairly consistently used in all the maps I've seen personally.Arthaey Angosiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107174886837969594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523671.post-1117326879365165602005-05-28T17:34:00.000-07:002005-05-28T17:34:00.000-07:00I used to correct people when they use "up" for so...I used to correct people when they use "up" for south, but I don't anymore. The direction our maps are printed are northern-hemispherocentric; and there's plenty of maps that don't use north = top. It seems rather arbitrary to insist that north is up.Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998930388160205951noreply@blogger.com