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5 minute map

A map of Europe divided into regularly spaced timezones that are 5 minutes wide
5 minute map: Slightly bonkers to think that this was the norm until not that long ago. (see railway time if you don't believe me). Made for day 19 - 5-minute map - of the 2023 #30DayMapChallenge
projectionEquidistnace Conic. Standard parallels 35N & 60N
toolspython: matplotlib, cartopy, geopandas
dataNatural Earth
fontDejaVu Sans Mono
commentssimple. As nice as it is having the labels aligned with the meridians, it would be even nicer if those to the east were rotated so they didn't become progressively more upside down.
date19/11/2023