time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 14 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down128
arrow-up1607arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square213linkfedilink
minus-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoWe do not (Well, we do sometimes but it’s not the map in question)
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoThe 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.
minus-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoIt 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
We do not
(Well, we do sometimes but it’s not the map in question)
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.
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