C'mon boss, It's convention. Nothing more. How the north ended up on top of the map A cartographic history of what’s up February 16, 2014 12:45PM ET by Nick Danforth @NicholasDanfort http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/2/maps-cartographycolonialismnortheurocentricglobe.html People everywhere see north as up because that's the way it's developed. The other map is just as legitimate. You've gotta agree with that.