Why isn't the globe represented upside down?
为什么世界地图不是颠倒着的呢？
原文地址：https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-the-globe-represented-upside-down
You can just take a look at the map you pasted. How much information is conveyed in this map? When I place a map at the eye level, I want to get more of the content. Most of the map is taken up by water as the Southern hemisphere is mostly water. You see the map mostly to see the land and not necessarily the water content. I have to bend my neck to really focus on the important countries snuck somewhere in this map's bottom.
你可以看一下这张颠倒的世界地图。从地图上你可以获取那些信息？当我把一张地图拿到眼前的时候，一定会把它调整到最舒适的角度。地图中的南半球大多数地方都是由海洋组成的。你查看地图的时候一般都是想要看到大陆而不是海洋。如果我想要查看那些重要的但位于地图下方的国家，即必须低下头。
Like it or not, most of world's economy and population is the northern hemisphere. It is where all the nuclear powers and all the permanent members of the UN Security Council are. It is where major empires were built. It is where most countries are and I want to be able to look at them quickly rather than searching for them somewhere at the bottom.
不论喜欢与否，世界上最重要的经济体和大多数人口都位于北半球。同时所有的有核国家以及联合国安全理事会的常任理事国也位于北半球，也是历史上帝国的所在地。当我看地图时要的是一眼就能找到大多数的国家所在地，而不是去地图的下方寻找它们。
