• kopasz7@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    “It’s [the Mercator projection] the world’s longest misinformation and disinformation campaign, and it just simply has to stop.”

    No matter how we cut it though, all 2D projections will have some kind of distortion. They opted to preserve area, while the Mercator preserves angles. Arguably it is less important today to preserve angles, as we have automatic navigation systems. There are some alternatives that also preserve the area: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/The-Equal-Earth-compared-to-similar-equal-area-pseudocylindrical-projections.png

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      3 months ago

      Right. What people need to understand that any globe put on a flat surface will be distorted. Their proposal is just as distorted as the Mercator, just in area vs angles as you stated.

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      3 months ago

      The Mercator is a propaganda campaign to make Christian countries look big and powerful. Ask yourself why is it only “Christian” countries that are distorted.

      Edit: should have put this /s

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        3 months ago

        I know right! It’s all done to further Antarctica’s hegemony! Just look how huge it seems!

        /uj If you want no distortions, get a globe.

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          3 months ago

          Those are inferior skin colors so they’re excluded.

          I added to the original comment but I’m trolling lol