Maps Distort How We See the World

Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by m2fkxy on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @06:29PM (#36425570)

Agree. Most of the general-public wall maps I see out there use equal-area projs.

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by zztop44 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @06:58PM (#36425874)

Really? In my entire lifetime I’ve seen maybe five? Including the one hanging up in my childhood home. Even Google Maps uses Mercator by default.

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by cityofdelusion on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:28PM (#36427344)

I wonder how much location bias affects this. I also grew up with basically only seeing equal-area projections and globes -- that's just what my school district used. It was weird seeing all the online memes about Mercator when I grew up never seeing it, heh.

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by rusticpenn on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:47AM (#36429535)

I had mostly seen this projection, until i grew up.

https://www.nationsonline.org/maps/Political-World-Map-3360....

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by DirkH on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:50PM (#36427471)

What country do you live in? If I visit there I'll look out for them because I see equal-area projs like never. Even the decorative one in my room right now clearly has Greenland look more than half the size of all of Africa.

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