basketball – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:08:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg basketball – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 This Map-Print Basketball Hurts My Brain https://www.maproomblog.com/2021/12/this-map-print-basketball-hurts-my-brain/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:07:43 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1805683 More]]> Spalding map-print basketball available at Urban OutfittersThere is something decidedly off about a map-print basketball that stretches a Mercator projection across the basketball’s surface instead of, you know, doing it like a globe. Why? Why would they do such a thing?

It’s a Spalding ball exclusive to Urban Outfitters, it costs $29, and it hurts my brain. [r/Maps]

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