I vibe-coded up an animated transition between Mercator and Equal Earth (using D3) the other day, if anyone's interested in that comparison: https://tools.simonwillison.net/equal-earth

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morepork 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People say Russia, Canada and Greenland look big in the Mercator projection, but what they miss is it makes Antarctica enormous, your app shows it nicely. So much so that many maps just cut off the bottom otherwise it looks a bit silly, but then the equator isn't in the middle.

	▲	bmandale 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The mercator projection has neither a top nor a bottom, it extends infinitely upwards and downwards. Hence all visualizations of it cut it off at some arbitrary point. Making antarctica humorously large does nothing besides make a point.

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mlaretallack an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Very cool, Its interesting to see what happens to Antarctica.

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gumby 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Very nice!

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MichaelRo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I stopped reading at "vibe-coded".

	▲	imp0cat 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's kinda obvious when you see the username, isn't it? But still, it's not a red flag in this particular example.