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As the UN adopts an equal world map, meet the three geographers who disputed how the Earth was charted 2000 years ago (theconversation.com)
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As the UN adopts an equal world map, meet the three geographers who disputed how the Earth was charted 2000 years ago
https://theconversation.com/as-the-un-adopts-an-equal-world-map-meet-the-three-geographers-who-disputed-how-the-earth-was-charted-2000-years-ago-293297
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[-] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 hours ago

I don't think Europe is that bad in this projection, but Scandinavia is getting rather flattened.

Obviously all these projections suck, but I also agree Winkel Tripel is nicer, even if it looks goofier at a distance.

https://map-projections.net/compare.php?p1=winkel-tripel&p2=equalearth&sps=1

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