LOL
Look at that thread you posted. Virtually every single map in that thread, nearly all of them, are oriented north to the top. Granted there's no compass rose on most of them, but, then again, lacking a compass rose, the presumption is always north to the top because that's the standard way maps are drawn.
Anyway, like I said, this has got to be the absolute weirdest conversation I've ever had on En World.
[MENTION=6563]Azzy[/MENTION] - you have not one, but actually multiple atlases where most of the maps in the atlas are not north to the top? Link please? Because, well, buddy, you found the unicorn. I'm not saying no map is ever done that way. I'm saying it's very, very much an outlier to not do them that way.
[MENTION=6855149]Prakriti[/MENTION] - WTF? Scary/foreign/unusual? Ooookay.
I'll note that not a single person here who is so adamant to prove me wrong has taken up my challenge.