I didn’t expect the world to be so big

jkottke:

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 Maps-like way to explore the entire world.

XKCD is often the most ambitious webcomic on the internet. And I find that intriguing, because you never think that when you see the stick figures.

@8 months ago with 98 notes
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