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UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don't really like those cylindrical projections. I'm partial to the butterfly :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman_butterfly_projection

Of course it has the drawback of poorly representing maritime routes. For once NZ is in the top left instead of bottom right, I wonder if they like the change