Orwi@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoToday, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizesprogramming.devimagemessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1717arrow-down1imageToday, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizesprogramming.devOrwi@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square157linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHueristic_Autistic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 hours agoThe fuck? Why wouldn’t the US want the actual sizes. Wouldn’t having geographically correct maps help the planet and the people, oh wait… The US government hates that kind of shit
minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-217 hours agoMercator is great for navigation in straight lines and makes countries far from the equator look big The navigation thing is an actual advantage but it doesn’t give you the shortest routes, just the easiest to follow
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 hours agoBecause we worship ignorance here.
minus-squareflightyhobler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoBecause Mercator projection makes the USA look bigger.
The fuck? Why wouldn’t the US want the actual sizes. Wouldn’t having geographically correct maps help the planet and the people, oh wait… The US government hates that kind of shit
Mercator is great for navigation in straight lines and makes countries far from the equator look big
The navigation thing is an actual advantage but it doesn’t give you the shortest routes, just the easiest to follow
Because we worship ignorance here.
Because Mercator projection makes the USA look bigger.
And Africa smaller