| ▲ | tikhonj 4 days ago | |
For whatever reason, the Berkeley campus maps[1] have East at the top. And, for whatever reason, it always felt natural—probably because it matches the terrain (East is up-hill). It's still surprising how much that has colored my mental orientation in Berkeley even 15 years later. I now consciously know to correct for it, but still think of campus "oriented" in that direction. For years I had to really think about it to remember that up-hill was not, in fact, North. [1]: https://www.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/campus-m... [1]: https://www.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/campus-m... | ||
| ▲ | ClarityJones 4 days ago | parent [-] | |
That's neat. The shape of the campus does fit better on the 8.5x11" paper when printed that way, but that wouldn't have required the text to be aligned the same. I see the main entrance is on Oxford, to the (not South...) West, making this a case where the campus has an orientation and they're putting the top of the campus at the top of the map. | ||