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This is the true size of Africa (mstdn.social)

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[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

I wish we would stop stretching land masses and start stretching oceans in basic maps. We don't need the Mercator for naval navigation in our day to day lives, but knowing the real size of Russia and Africa would affect our basic view of the world.

[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

If stretching is ok, then why not go all the way.

If you dislike stretching, you can always cut instead. That's why we also have a series of octahedral butterfly maps.

If that's not polyhedral enough, you could try the Dymaxion projection instead.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 3 points 23 hours ago

Thanks, I hate you.

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