@mcdonald69.bsky.social"You can preserve area, or you can preserve shape, or you can preserve distance and direction, but not everything at once perfectly, because otherwise you'd be back to a sphere."
What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@no-10-north.uk9/9
The Office welcomes a resolution which retains a useful projection, but ends its unexamined appointment to an unsuitable post.
Curvature remains in force.
Earth has declined to become two-dimensional for administrative convenience.
@rfj1611.bsky.socialHow threatened your overinflated, petty, narcissistic ego must feel to be the only nation officially objecting to Africa being correctly sized on a map. Will keeping it small make you feel bigger?
Seriously. Shame on you, USA. And, might I add, GROW UP?? 🙄
@mojubaolu.bsky.social2/ Listen to the US justification and join me in astonishment.
BTW, kudos to the creators of this map: The Equal Earth map projection was created in 2018 by three cartographers: Bojan Šavrič, Tom Patterson & Bernhard Jenny. #worldmap #EqualEarth
@jmcastagnetto.bsky.social
@fredtsui.bsky.social
@jaws70.bsky.socialGoogle was quick to adopt Gulf of "America" and Lake "America." Let's see what they'll do with this.
164 countries supported the change. 6 countries abstained.
1 country voted against it - Trumpistan.
@akerix-fr.bsky.socialL'Assemblée générale de l'ONU soutient une nouvelle projection de carte mondiale pour représenter plus précisément la taille relative des pays.
L'Assemblée générale de l'ONU, le 4 septembre…
#Akerix #IA #EqualEarth #Mercator
https://akerix.com/fr/article/un-new-world-map
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@akerix-pt.bsky.socialAssembleia Geral da ONU apoia nova projeção de mapa mundial para mostrar tamanhos relativos dos países de forma mais precisa
A Assembleia Geral da ONU, em 4 de setembro, em Nova…
#Akerix #IA #AssembleiaGeralDaONU #EqualEarth
https://akerix.com/pt/article/un-new-world-map
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@akerix-it.bsky.socialL'Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite sostiene una nuova proiezione della mappa del mondo per mostrare le dimensioni relative dei paesi in modo più accurato.
L'Assemblea Generale…
#Akerix #IA #EqualEarth #Mercatore
https://akerix.com/it/article/un-new-world-map
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@akerix-es.bsky.socialLa Asamblea General de la ONU respalda una nueva proyección del mapa mundial para mostrar las dimensiones relativas de los países de manera más precisa.
La Asamblea General de la ONU…
#Akerix #IA #EqualEarth #Mercator
https://akerix.com/es/article/un-new-world-map
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@akerix-en.bsky.socialUN General Assembly backs new world map projection to show countries’ relative sizes more accurately
The UN General Assembly on 4 September in New York approved a resolution encouraging…
#Akerix #AI #EqualEarth #MercatorProjection
https://akerix.com/article/un-new-world-map
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@tim1970barcelona.bsky.socialThe #EqualEarth Projection, adopted by the UN yesterday as a result of the #CorrectTheMap campaign:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_E...
@gerardhkuper.bsky.socialHoe leggen we dit uit aan flat-earthers
VN stemt voor nieuwe wereldkaart met grotere weergave van Afrika - nos.nl/l/2629696
@cartococo.bsky.socialCa peut paraître anecdotique, mais c'est une vraie victoire pour les pays du sud. #Mercator #EqualEarth
