Comment on YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection
it’s a pretty common talking point.
Not common enough, apparently.
I have never in my life ever heard anyone equate the size of a country on a map to its importance to global politics and economics. And I am old enough to remember when you had to hang up the phone before you could use the internet.
let me rephase; it’s a pretty common talking point when discussing map projections. has been since the 50s.
This is a subconscious thing, not an explicit belief.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not common enough, apparently.
I have never in my life ever heard anyone equate the size of a country on a map to its importance to global politics and economics. And I am old enough to remember when you had to hang up the phone before you could use the internet.
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
let me rephase; it’s a pretty common talking point when discussing map projections. has been since the 50s.
NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
This is a subconscious thing, not an explicit belief.