As I also said in another thread, in the past it is quite likely that "the center" was found by balancing a cardboard cut-out on a pin, without much regard for which projection was being used.

From this earlier diary, it is clear where the centre of Europe is...

or maybe not so clear...


A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman