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[–] 1 point 21 hours ago (5 children)

You know it’s the Reverse Mercator right?

It’s been the best way to transform a curved surface to a plane surface in a way that people understand.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

    It's not the Reverse Mercator... I'm not sure what that is

    Do you mean Transverse Mercator? Although it's not that either

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  • [–] 1 point 11 hours ago* (3 children)

    Yeah I did, thank you

    Edit: and yeah we definitely use the transverse

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago* (2 children)

    We do not

    (Well, we do sometimes but it's not the map in question)

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago*

    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

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