Springfield's Orientation (North, South, East, West)
Voted A. The only mountains I ever lived close by were the Alps and they were in the north.
Forum Discussion
teo47 wrote:
Wow, I had never really thought about this before and have always considered 'North' to be at the top corner of the map, making the mountains to the Northwest and Ocean to the Southwest. I am pretty shocked that only 10% of players agree with me! Perhaps I will need to add a shrub compass to my town. :-)
I bet that's because people don't typically view the corner of a map as a compass point. (Of course, there are such maps, but usually the cardinal directions point to top, bottom, and sides.) I assume, Teo, you voted C since you view the top of your device's screen as North; I'm a little surprised as well that more people haven't done so. Just another thought: I wonder if the angle people typically hold their device orients them in one direction or another.
Imagine finding North on a donut-shaped map:
http://media.giphy.com/media/xaVpYg0LJzec8/giphy.gif
