time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down113
arrow-up1424arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square92linkfedilink
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·1 day agoYou might note that the present is, in fact, not 500 years ago.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·1 day agoIs that the answer to my question?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·1 day 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 day agoAnd the present doesn’t affect the past.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 hours 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.