time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square99linkfedilink
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoAll world maps are inaccurate except a globe. Equal Earth still shows distortions when you move closer to the poles. Instead of stretching along the latitude it now compresses along the longitude
minus-squarethespcicifcocean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoDymaxian is a pretty good one for showing sizes, useless for navigation though
All world maps are inaccurate except a globe. Equal Earth still shows distortions when you move closer to the poles. Instead of stretching along the latitude it now compresses along the longitude
Dymaxian is a pretty good one for showing sizes, useless for navigation though