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  2. South-up map orientation - Wikipedia

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    Political map of Europe, showing south at the top. Research suggests that north-south positions on maps have psychological consequences. In general, north is associated with richer people, more expensive real estate, and higher altitude, while south is associated with poorer people, cheaper prices, and lower altitude (the "north-south bias").

  3. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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    Blurred intentionally on Bing Maps. [15] Rendered in lower resolution on Google Maps and Mapquest. Heliport [16] in El Ejido: Spain: Square blurred on Google and Bing. Visible e.g. in HERE WeGo and Yandex.

  4. Cardinal direction - Wikipedia

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    The points at right angles to the North and South points are the East and West points. Going around the disk clockwise from the North point, one encounters in order the West point, the South point, and then the East point. This is opposite to the order on a terrestrial map because one is looking up instead of down.

  5. Azimuthal equidistant projection - Wikipedia

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    An azimuthal equidistant projection about the North Pole extending all the way to the South Pole An azimuthal equidistant projection about the South Pole extending all the way to the North Pole Emblem of the United Nations containing a polar azimuthal equidistant projection. The azimuthal equidistant projection is an azimuthal map projection.

  6. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps is a web ... Google Maps was updated to include a map of North ... 45° imagery was made available in Google Maps in select cities in South Africa, the ...

  7. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    The projection found on these maps, dating to 1511, was stated by John Snyder in 1987 to be the same projection as Mercator's. [6] However, given the geometry of a sundial, these maps may well have been based on the similar central cylindrical projection, a limiting case of the gnomonic projection, which is the basis for a sundial. Snyder ...

  8. Global North and Global South - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, in Regionalism Across the North-South Divide: State Strategies and Globalization, Jean Grugel stated that the three factors that direct the economic development of states in the Global south are "élite behaviour within and between nation states, integration and cooperation within 'geographic' areas, and the resulting position of ...

  9. Interstate 77 - Wikipedia

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    Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States.It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio.