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And of course, they voted for it, 164-1, with USA voting against due to "ideological reasons". What a fucking time to be alive. Maps are woke.
Winkel Tripel best projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkel_tripel_projection
Robinson projection prettiest projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_projection
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I don't really like those cylindrical projections. I'm partial to the butterfly :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman_butterfly_projection
Of course it has the drawback of poorly representing maritime routes. For once NZ is in the top left instead of bottom right, I wonder if they like the change
But... just hear me out. What if the U.N. just didn't listen to 1 (or 2) of the most frequent dissenters? Especially if they're not "peace loving?" Not everyone is allowed in the U.N.
On standard flat maps, Greenland often appears around the same size as Africa. Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland. Countries like Canada and Russia also look much larger than they actually are. I didn't realize it for a long time either that many flat maps merely tried to flatten a 3D globe onto a 2D surface.
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The Cartographers for Social Equality will be pleased!
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