Comment on YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection
Uhh… everybody.
If it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education.
It was working for everyone in navigation, where angles mattered. Which is why it became the most used map.
It was phased out in favour of maps showing area more correctly, because navigation w. maps became less important, not because “it didn’t work”.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 months ago
It was working for everyone in navigation, where angles mattered. Which is why it became the most used map.
It was phased out in favour of maps showing area more correctly, because navigation w. maps became less important, not because “it didn’t work”.