North is up. x is real longitude and y is latitude, so the crossing still falls out of where home sits — longitude is timezone, and New Orleans lands at 20.4%, within a point of the rank-derived 21.4%. Two latitude scales: ranked spaces the cities evenly and keeps the north-to-south order, true uses honest degrees and shows what that costs, since nine of fifteen cities sit between 28 and 41 degrees north. Events are invented; the roster is real.