March 8th, 2018: Wyld’s Great Globe

Carruthers · 03-09-2018, 03:01 AM

Re the Boston Mapparium.

I'm puzzled by this. I would have expected to see all the land areas back to front when viewed from the inside.
It's analogous to the view from inside a shop which has sign writing on the window, you'll see it all backwards.

Perhaps it's me....

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Griff · 03-09-2018, 06:23 AM

It's us.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2018, 09:05 AM

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It's analogous to the view from inside a shop which has sign writing on the window, you'll see it all backwards.

Not if the sign writing was painted to be viewed from the inside.

Carruthers · 03-09-2018, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

It's analogous to the view from inside a shop which has sign writing on the window, you'll see it all backwards.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Not if the sign writing was painted to be viewed from the inside.

Walk this way for the Hall of Mirrors!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2018, 03:55 PM

If you have a 9 meter diameter glass ball you can paint a map on the outside to be viewed from the outside, or you can paint a map on the inside to be viewed from the inside.

(Yeah it can be painted on either side to be viewed from the opposite side but regardless.)

If viewed from the outside you can only see a small portion, but from the inside you can see the relationship between the land masses. That's what Wyld and the Mapparium were trying to accomplish. Plus it's dryer if it rains.

03-09-2018, 03:01 AM	#1
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Re the Boston Mapparium. I'm puzzled by this. I would have expected to see all the land areas back to front when viewed from the inside. It's analogous to the view from inside a shop which has sign writing on the window, you'll see it all backwards. Perhaps it's me.... Link __________________

03-09-2018, 06:23 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It's us. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-09-2018, 03:55 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you have a 9 meter diameter glass ball you can paint a map on the outside to be viewed from the outside, or you can paint a map on the inside to be viewed from the inside. (Yeah it can be painted on either side to be viewed from the opposite side but regardless.) If viewed from the outside you can only see a small portion, but from the inside you can see the relationship between the land masses. That's what Wyld and the Mapparium were trying to accomplish. Plus it's dryer if it rains. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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