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minus-squareobserves_depths@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 day agoI’ll add that we use the mercator projection because it preserves shapes but not scale. There’s other projections that preserve scale but not shapes.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoNot to start any shit, but the Robinson Projection looks pretty nice.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoNone of those preserve the shape of Antarctica!
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoDymaxion Map supremacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoBut how will we ever know who the anonymous “West” is?
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoOnly the Mathematics and Cartographer classes, or the most elite Historians shall be able to decipher such knowledge.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoWhat is this Twin-peak Earth?
I’ll add that we use the mercator projection because it preserves shapes but not scale. There’s other projections that preserve scale but not shapes.
Not to start any shit, but the Robinson Projection looks pretty nice.
None of those preserve the shape of Antarctica!
Dymaxion Map supremacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
But how will we ever know who the anonymous “West” is?
Only the Mathematics and Cartographer classes, or the most elite Historians shall be able to decipher such knowledge.
Szupermaci
What is this Twin-peak Earth?
how are the owls?
Superb!