• NoFood4u@sopuli.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    This is why i like robinson projection, same thing as mercator except squished by the cosine of latitude to account for area distortion

    • groet@feddit.org
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      10 hours ago

      Looks better but is basically unusable for navigation in any sense. Mercator at least preserves direction but not size. Robinson preserves nothing. It combines all the drawbacks without adding any advantages except “looks nice”. Which is actually the philosophy of the projection:

      I visualized the best-looking shapes and sizes. I worked with the variables until it got to the point where, if I changed one of them, it didn’t get any better. Then I figured out the mathematical formula to produce that effect.

      I can respect that. 10/10 no notes.

      • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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        2 hours ago

        I’ll have to avoid that map the next time I’m sailing across the Pacific, then.

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          7 hours ago

          Who uses a full sized world map for navigation? This isn’t the Golden Age of Piracy. You’d have local maps that don’t have any distortion since they’re at a much narrower field of view.

          Something like we used in the army like this:

          0yMBgaCJYTAJeCV.jpg

      • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        I don’t pay much attention to xkcd, yet it seems like I’ve seen every xkcd(?)

        I’d say this is one of my favorites, and that would be correct, but that’s like saying sweet potato pie is my favorite pie.