You should totally check this wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections

For a list of alternative projections

And also this one for a whole deep dive in the topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection

People have gotten very creative about the topic .. also.. the UN actually uses a north-centered view of the world to compromise on this.. it’s really cool

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sm...