Now, from the privacy of your home, you can check out where your antipode, or diametrically opposed point on Earth, lies.
For the brave souls who would like to see where they would end up, the map experience can be tried out
. If the project continues to be a success, plans will be made to expand the map's capabilities to accommodate an increased number of users.Incidentally, the South Pacific, not China, lies on the other side of the US. For now, the service is free, but loading the map more than 50,000 times in 24 hours could lead to some delays. They also caution against heavy usage, which they define as one request per second, although it's hard to imagine when such a scenario would occur.As the world continues to get smaller, thanks to the rapid advances in technology which are bringing all of us an unprecedented level of connectivity, encouraging an endless curiosity about geography is a vital part of the process.
This means that going forward, we will have to leave behind some of those geographical myths from the cartoons and embrace a new reality.
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