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The world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projection (lemmy.world)

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[–] hegus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I mean the good thing about a flat projection is that you can see everything at once. When you're comparing data points of different countries it is nice to see them on a flat map. Neither the actual size nor the angles really matter in that case.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 minutes ago

When you’re comparing data points of different countries

Why would you need a map for that? That seems like something where a table is more useful.