{"id":1329,"date":"2012-09-19T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T02:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2012-09-19T22:08:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T02:08:13","slug":"i-didnt-expect-the-world-to-be-so-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/09\/19\/i-didnt-expect-the-world-to-be-so-big\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn’t expect the world to be so big"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Xkcd<\/p>\n

Today’s XKCD<\/a> must have taken Randall several years to draw…if you click and drag, it goes on forever. Or not quite forever, but Dan Catt did some figuring<\/a> and:<\/p>\n

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Ok, so the XKCD map printed at 300dpi is around 46 foot \/ 14 meters wide, half that at magazine 600dpi quality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a better Google Maps-like way to explore the entire world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tags:<\/strong> Dan Catt<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Randall Munroe<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 XKCD<\/a><\/p>\n

via kottke.org http:\/\/kottke.org\/12\/09\/i-didnt-expect-the-world-to-be-so-big<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s XKCD must have taken Randall several years to draw…if you click and drag, it goes on forever. Or not quite forever, but Dan Catt did some figuring and: Ok, so the XKCD map printed at 300dpi is around 46 foot \/ 14 meters wide, half that at magazine 600dpi quality. Here’s a better Google … <\/p>\n

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