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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by heikkilevanto on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @06:50PM (#36425792)
Globes?? They do not suffer (much?) from the map projection problem. And no, they should not be printing any part of the world in the center of the globe!
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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by Tade0 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @07:14PM (#36426048)
> Globes?? They do not suffer (much?) from the map projection problem.

They do if you try hard enough. Introducing the infamous Poland Globe:

https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/09/these-globes-are-uncanny...

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