Xylight@lemdro.id to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-224 days agowinter fanssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1895arrow-down118file-text
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minus-squareoffspec@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoOnly if by higher you mean higher absolute value, it’s not particularly unorthodox for “higher” to generally refer to “more up on North up maps”
minus-squareFleur_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·24 days ago-12° is the same size as 12°. For angles the negative sign denotes direction. -12 N is just 12 S. Sure, but maps can be turned upside down. Is higher now south? What about a map centered on the north pole. Which direction is up then?
Only if by higher you mean higher absolute value, it’s not particularly unorthodox for “higher” to generally refer to “more up on North up maps”
-12° is the same size as 12°. For angles the negative sign denotes direction. -12 N is just 12 S. Sure, but maps can be turned upside down. Is higher now south? What about a map centered on the north pole. Which direction is up then?