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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.