Davriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAfrican Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s sizewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down111cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
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minus-squareAzzu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoWe should encourage the use of more globes to represent world maps. Like, seriously. Almost all maps are viewed on a computer screen, all computers easily have the ability to display a sphere and rotate it
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agocan’t hang a globe on the wall
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoJust use a string and two thumbtacks, it’s not rocket surgery.
minus-squareRisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoString attach to globe, string attach to thumbtacks, globe now hanging.
We should encourage the use of more globes to represent world maps.
Like, seriously. Almost all maps are viewed on a computer screen, all computers easily have the ability to display a sphere and rotate it
can’t hang a globe on the wall
Just use a string and two thumbtacks, it’s not rocket surgery.
a globe?
String attach to globe, string attach to thumbtacks, globe now hanging.