Dr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1494arrow-down153
arrow-up1441arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·edit-22 days agoWorked for whom? The countries that are over-represented in the current map? Or the countries that started this petition?
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours 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-up2·12 hours 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”.
Worked for whom? The countries that are over-represented in the current map? Or the countries that started this petition?
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”.