Dr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down155cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1497arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·3 months ago it’s a pretty common talking point. Not common enough, apparently. I have never in my life ever heard anyone equate the size of a country on a map to its importance to global politics and economics. And I am old enough to remember when you had to hang up the phone before you could use the internet.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agolet me rephase; it’s a pretty common talking point when discussing map projections. has been since the 50s.
minus-squareNuclearDolphin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoThis is a subconscious thing, not an explicit belief.
Not common enough, apparently.
I have never in my life ever heard anyone equate the size of a country on a map to its importance to global politics and economics. And I am old enough to remember when you had to hang up the phone before you could use the internet.
let me rephase; it’s a pretty common talking point when discussing map projections. has been since the 50s.
This is a subconscious thing, not an explicit belief.