coastlines – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:51:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg coastlines – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 The Coastline Paradox https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/03/the-coastline-paradox/ Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:51:01 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1785161 More]]>

This short video does a good job explaining the coastline paradox, which basically results from coastlines being fractal, and the length of a coastline can vary quite a lot depending on the method you use to measure it. More at Mental Floss. [WMS]

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