time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down116
arrow-up1440arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square99linkfedilink
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·1 month agoYou might note that the present is, in fact, not 500 years ago.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·1 month agoIs that the answer to my question?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·1 month agoIf you’re asking me to tell you the best way to navigate 500 years ago, I can’t help you because I’m not a historian. The point is that really has absolutely no bearing on how we should use maps today in the present.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 month agoAnd the present doesn’t affect the past.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agofrom the perspective of an art conservationist i’m not entirely sure i agree.
You might note that the present is, in fact, not 500 years ago.
Is that the answer to my question?
If you’re asking me to tell you the best way to navigate 500 years ago, I can’t help you because I’m not a historian. The point is that really has absolutely no bearing on how we should use maps today in the present.
And the present doesn’t affect the past.
from the perspective of an art conservationist i’m not entirely sure i agree.