▲ 442 ▼ World Map (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by StillAlive@piefed.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago* (1 child) The more I look at it, the more uncomfortable it makes me. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (3 children) Probably the most concerning thing is that they flipped Africa. That comes with a lot negative implications for it's 1.5B human residents, even if they got adequate forewarning and the process was slow and gentle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 child) I've got some bad news to you. They rotate it every single day! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Oh go osculate your continent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Which axis do you think they rotated it on? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Sometime this year, there was an interesting article about African governments premiering an altered sphere projection map of the world that more accurately showcases how much of Earth’s landmass is in Africa, rather than Russian/US/Europe regions. They even pointed out it has social implications towards how much aid Africans get. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (3 children) Probably the most concerning thing is that they flipped Africa. That comes with a lot negative implications for it's 1.5B human residents, even if they got adequate forewarning and the process was slow and gentle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 child) I've got some bad news to you. They rotate it every single day! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Oh go osculate your continent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Which axis do you think they rotated it on? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Sometime this year, there was an interesting article about African governments premiering an altered sphere projection map of the world that more accurately showcases how much of Earth’s landmass is in Africa, rather than Russian/US/Europe regions. They even pointed out it has social implications towards how much aid Africans get. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 child) I've got some bad news to you. They rotate it every single day! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Oh go osculate your continent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Oh go osculate your continent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Which axis do you think they rotated it on? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Sometime this year, there was an interesting article about African governments premiering an altered sphere projection map of the world that more accurately showcases how much of Earth’s landmass is in Africa, rather than Russian/US/Europe regions. They even pointed out it has social implications towards how much aid Africans get. permalink fedilink source parent
