Dr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down123
arrow-up1250arrow-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 · 19 days agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 days agoDamn Russia is still that big? I thought the distortion played a large part in its size on the original map.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoYeah, but now it’s tiny compared to Antarctica
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoPfft. Antarctica is but a few islands in an ice-sheet trench coat. If the ice sheets melted, it would remain uninhabited except for some stalwart rancher folk.
Damn Russia is still that big? I thought the distortion played a large part in its size on the original map.
Yeah, but now it’s tiny compared to Antarctica
Pfft. Antarctica is but a few islands in an ice-sheet trench coat. If the ice sheets melted, it would remain uninhabited except for some stalwart rancher folk.
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