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BurnOutBrighter6 t1_jefbaw8 wrote

Reply to comment by GuinnessTheBestBoi in There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi

Because the countries that were making the maps when this convention was established are all in the north and put themselves "on top".

And you can't really blame them...it is useful to have maps always pointing the same way. So they had to put themselves either always at the bottom or always on top. Top is what I'd have done too.

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