▲ 500 ▼ YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection (correctthemap.org) submitted 1 year ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world 178 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] drmoose@lemmy.world [S] -1 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Worked for whom? The countries that are over-represented in the current map? Or the countries that started this petition? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StarMerchant938@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Uhh... everybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) If it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago It was working for everyone in navigation, where angles mattered. Which is why it became the most used map. It was phased out in favour of maps showing area more correctly, because navigation w. maps became less important, not because "it didn't work". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StarMerchant938@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Uhh... everybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) If it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago It was working for everyone in navigation, where angles mattered. Which is why it became the most used map. It was phased out in favour of maps showing area more correctly, because navigation w. maps became less important, not because "it didn't work". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) If it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago It was working for everyone in navigation, where angles mattered. Which is why it became the most used map. It was phased out in favour of maps showing area more correctly, because navigation w. maps became less important, not because "it didn't work". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago It was working for everyone in navigation, where angles mattered. Which is why it became the most used map. It was phased out in favour of maps showing area more correctly, because navigation w. maps became less important, not because "it didn't work". permalink fedilink source parent