That projection shows how vast the Pacific is
cerement@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
still not as aesthetic as Waterman butterfly projection
(and relevant XKCD)
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 week ago
roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
It’s almost two entire sections. With just a little of North America, Asia, and Antarctica. No other body is water or land mass comes anywhere near that.
And if you still don’t think that’s vast enough, maybe a lifetime of bad projections have given you a distorted view of the Pacific’s size. Mercator and Mercator like projections definitely make the Pacific look much too large near the poles.
craigers@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Came here to make sure that xkcd got posted. Well done.
Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I didn’t think I’d ever have a favourite map but here we are.