Dr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1547arrow-down157cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1490arrow-down1external-linkYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgDr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square178fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaregloktawasright@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 days agoI like the AuthaGraph map myself, but I’m happy to see an equal area projection being proposed!
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSearch the comments before promoting this one. Glad I’m not alone. I especially like how it centers over the Pacific, the largest geographical feature. Other maps make the Pacific look similar in size to the Atlantic when in reality the Pacific ocean is three times the size of the Eurasia landmass.
I like the AuthaGraph map myself, but I’m happy to see an equal area projection being proposed!
Search the comments before promoting this one. Glad I’m not alone.
I especially like how it centers over the Pacific, the largest geographical feature.
Other maps make the Pacific look similar in size to the Atlantic when in reality the Pacific ocean is three times the size of the Eurasia landmass.
wow. thats cool