rockSlayer comments on Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Here's a map with political borders, capitols, and large cities

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[–] Dentzy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I am not saying it is not a good map, I just don't think it is the right representation. Think about it, what picture do you think shows you better? One from the top? Or one from the front? Both show you, both miss information, but still one gives you way more to work with than the other. Looking at things from "above" is not natural for humans.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

I don't know, I find this map to be incredibly intuitive. It shows the reality of living on a sphere, and really emphasizes a lot of the logistics of navigating the oceans. I think there's a huge amount of potential with this projection

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[–] Dentzy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fair. I don't agree, but I see were you are coming from and you are not really wrong, so 🤝

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