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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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[–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

We do not

(Well, we do sometimes but it's not the map in question)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    The link you provide says we use the Transverse Mercator projection

    I screwed up with ‘reverse’ but it was transverse I meant and it’s what’s popularly used.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    It says it is used. But it's not the map this thread is talking about. It's not the map the UN is replacing. It's not the map in the thumbnail. It's not the original Mercator map. Its not the most widely used map projection.

    It's used in specific situations yes

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