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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by Jabbles on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:26AM (#36429401)
> as well as a ton of navigational utility

Surely this utility was only ever useful for sailors, and these days not even them?

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by ralusek on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:51PM (#36436946)
No I mean like when you open your maps application and want to go somewhere with GPS, latitude and longitude will be vertical and horizontal and proportionally spaced due to the map using a projection like Mercator...
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