Why aren't maps made in the southern hemisphere up the other way.
2007-01-27 02:14:57 · 10 answers · asked by HelsWigsy 2 in Environment
Britain is in the Northern hemisphere, therefore north is top.
Britain is of course also the centre of the universe.
This all stems from ancient ideas, going right back to when the earth was flat and Britain was at it's centre. Science has altered all that, turning the unsuspecting flat earth into a spear, and moving the centre of the universe billions of light years away.
Strangely enough though the northern hemisphere has still remained at the top! Could it be that air, earth fire & water are really the elements, and that we don't have to bother about the periodic table after all? Life is so confusing.
2007-01-27 04:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by funnelweb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because even thou the earth is on a tilt, north is upwards and south is as the bottom, therefore maps have north at the top for acurate representation
2007-01-28 06:38:56 · answer #2 · answered by nervous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of a small thing called a Compass, which as if by magic has an arrow which faces north
2007-01-27 02:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by BobC 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They could be. Have you seen some of the old maps before compasses were invented?
2007-01-27 02:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a consensus thing. It makes it easier to understand maps anywhere you go.
2007-01-27 02:18:48 · answer #5 · answered by citrus punch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the Magnetic fields.
2007-01-27 08:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol, you are joking, right!
Try looking at a compass!
2007-01-27 02:23:07 · answer #7 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was what was agreed to be the correct way to do it.
2007-01-27 02:54:50 · answer #8 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we dont generally like reading standing on our heads
2007-01-27 02:30:36 · answer #9 · answered by kingkong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because everyone likes it that way.
2007-01-27 02:27:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋