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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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[–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

So, you're saying a more-or-less flat section of a globe should seem flat. Ok... and?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    You said

    "that even though computers should be rendering the world as a globe,"

    They shouldn't a projection is actually useful for most people in most instances. Your screen is flat and rendering a 3D image within it would actually mean you can use less of it and see less information in a more confusing view which would ultimately be weird and pointless to the people viewing mostly what is in fact stylized data like which roads cross.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    Your screen is flat, and the surface of the planet is essentially flat. If a program starts with a mercator projection and zooms in on a particular area it's always going to be a distorted view.

    rendering a 3D image within it would actually mean you can use less of it and see less information in a more confusing view

    Whaat? That's nonsense.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    Why do you think literally every mapping app on earth shows a projection onto the given x pixels by y pixels rather than a 3D rendering of a curved space again?

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