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

nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Each region on a dymaxion map is absolutely fine though, it’s just when you put it all together it becomes god awful.

  A butterfly map is a better compromise if you need a world map.

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  • nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If you have a physical Dymaxion Map, you make each vertex a hinge so you can swing to connect the bits you want to be adjacent for the purpose at hand.

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• stickly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This looks like when you see a weird, unflattering picture of a celebrity. Earth just woke up and hasn’t put its makeup on and you put it on blast like this

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