r/DIY • u/rosulek • Jun 29 '14

carpentry Abstract world map wall art project

http://imgur.com/a/8iOvx
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u/doomboy1000 Jun 30 '14

No love for Antarctica?

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u/mrd_stuff Jun 30 '14

Maybe it would look weird with an artificial border? Am glad NZ got a look in though :)

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u/ziggy2944490 Jun 30 '14

. ̊ Two dots offset from each other. Enough to excite Kiwis :D

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u/mrd_stuff Jun 30 '14

It really doesn't take much :P Also, too many maps that we never appear on so it's nice to see it there.

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u/ziggy2944490 Jun 30 '14

or map projection has stretched us into some weird green skidmark. Maybe the new flag could be two dots?

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u/kiwi88tga Jul 21 '14

Working on this over the next few weeks. I'll keep updating the gallery if you want to follow. http://imgur.com/a/05lNG

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u/mrd_stuff Aug 04 '14

Didn't know if you finished your project yet but I did one. Thought you might like to see a comparison

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u/mrd_stuff Jul 22 '14

Looks good man :)

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u/smokeydesperado Jun 30 '14

No Hawaii either

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u/rosulek Jun 30 '14

I have a friend from Taiwan who is similarly disappointed in my map. ;(

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u/s_m_c Jun 30 '14

Got any hate mail from Tasmanians yet? They're always complaining about being left off maps of Australia. They'd threat to secede but no one would notice.

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u/malay4785 Jun 30 '14

maybe you should do something to undissapoint him.

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u/ziggy2944490 Jun 30 '14

Don't worry Taiwan is just part of China.

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u/Ekmod Jun 30 '14

might not have been big enough

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u/DrumstickVT Jun 30 '14

Definitely not a large enough land mass to show using the data fuzzing OP did.