Dr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgexternal-linkmessage-square177linkfedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down159
arrow-up1499arrow-down1external-linkYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgDr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square177linkfedilink
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minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIf it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt 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”.
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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”.