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-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWe do not (Well, we do sometimes but it’s not the map in question)
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe link you provide says we use the Transverse Mercator projection I screwed up with ‘reverse’ but it was transverse I meant and it’s what’s popularly used.
minus-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt says it is used. But it’s not the map this thread is talking about. It’s not the map the UN is replacing. It’s not the map in the thumbnail. It’s not the original Mercator map. Its not the most widely used map projection. It’s used in specific situations yes
We do not
(Well, we do sometimes but it’s not the map in question)
The link you provide says we use the Transverse Mercator projection
I screwed up with ‘reverse’ but it was transverse I meant and it’s what’s popularly used.
It says it is used. But it’s not the map this thread is talking about. It’s not the map the UN is replacing. It’s not the map in the thumbnail. It’s not the original Mercator map. Its not the most widely used map projection.
It’s used in specific situations yes