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 projectionimagemessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1641arrow-down130
arrow-up1611arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectiontime2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square213linkfedilink
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months 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-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoPenguins aren’t real, you fool!
minus-squarethespcicifcocean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months 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
How about Dymaxion
So where’s Antarctica on this map?
Penguins aren’t real, you fool!
Dymaxian is a pretty good one for showing sizes, useless for navigation though