time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 20 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down129
arrow-up1613arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 20 days agomessage-square214linkfedilink
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down4·20 days agoAnd that, folks, is why map projections matter, and this update is loooooong overdue.
And that, folks, is why map projections matter, and this update is loooooong overdue.