Comment on YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection

• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Its a distorted representation of what the Earth looks like, and regardless of the way the sphere of our Earth is displayed on a 2D plane, it will always be distorted.

  I don’t see any tangible benefit from changing what has already worked and is globally accepted for many decades. It seems kinda nitpicky, or like these people are clout chasing or something.

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  • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Worked for whom? The countries that are over-represented in the current map?

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    • StarMerchant938@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Uhh… everybody.

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      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education.

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