| ▲ | UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size(reuters.com) |
| 20 points by pella 19 hours ago | 8 comments |
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| ▲ | cf100clunk 19 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| From the article: ''United States was the only country to vote against'' |
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| ▲ | anigbrowl 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Accuracy is too 'ideological' now. Sic transit gloria mundi. | |
| ▲ | pella 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | "The United States, the only country to vote against the resolution, said it promoted an "ideological agenda" and was a distraction from the "genuine problems of international peace, prosperity or good relations"." |
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| ▲ | pella 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| https://x.com/MtnMapper/status/2095926090074034349 |
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| ▲ | sxp 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Booo...they should have gone with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection |
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| ▲ | xethos 15 hours ago | parent [-] | | I mean, flipping back and forth between Mollweide and Equal-Earth (what they went with), I see only minor differences, with distortion seemingly favouring Equal-Earth. What's the rationale for having such a strong preference, especially as either is such an improvement over the current map (which has it's principle advantage being for sailing between continents, which isn't exactly the most common use-case)? | | |
| ▲ | sxp 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | Earth is round so the map should also be round. |
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| ▲ | 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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