@livingmaps.bsky.social Following a UN resolution passed to promote map projections that better reflect the true size of countries on global maps. Professor James Cheshire explains the complexities of the Mercator map and how such maps impact the way we view the world
#maps #mapping #mercator

"The Equal Earth Wall Map is for anyone who needs a #map showing countries and continents at their true sizes relative to each other...It’s free and measures 55” wide x 29” tall (1.4 x 0.74 meters)."
#Equal-Earthmap #maps #cartography
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The Ottoman Empire, layer by layer. Every ten years a place stays under Ottoman rule, it gains one paper contour. Six centuries stack up to 62 sheets over Anatolia and the Balkans; Hungary gets 14 before it is lost again.

Data: Cliopatria (Seshat).

#ottomanempire #history #maps #dataviz

Where is Qatar 🇶🇦?

#Qatar
#StepByStep 👣
#PlacesOfWorship
Been here? ❤️
Want to visit? 🔁
#Maps #Cartography #Geography #OneWorld
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#maps #equalEarth

Given all maps are changing in numerous ways, can we update all maps of the twee seaside town of Broadstairs to read simply 'Cunts'. Thanks. :80s:

#Maps #Broadstairs #Cunts

Google transaction:
"A welcome (r)evolution: #France is abandoning the #Mercator projection in favor of #EckertIV.

Mercator had its merits in the 16th century. But it was time to acknowledge that, in reality, #Greenland is 14 times smaller than #Africa."
#maps

This is great news! For those of us who are thirsty for good news, this is a great thing wh pushes toward more equality.
youtube.com/shorts/ZUhSp...

#onewo4ld #maps

They renamed America's true history and bet you'd never check the old maps. So I checked. Here's what got quietly erased and relabeled 👇 youtu.be/xEcP4v-47gw #hiddenhistory #maps

What different world 🌍 #maps 🗺️ get right - and what they get wrong 😑
#FYI
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The most crowded US state is still mostly trees. New Jersey has more people per square mile than anywhere in the country, and 35% reads as built, but 43% is still forest: the Pine Barrens and the NW highlands. Each stripe is a 10 m Sentinel-2 class, by area.

#GIS #NewJersey #maps

Fancy some #scifi #maps for your #ttrps or #writing inspiration? Ways Unseen has launched a kickstarter for some awesome little hand drawn scifi maps!

The map pack funded 🙂 Thanks to those who have backed (links in bio, of you're curious)!

#art #maps #drawing #ttrpg #illustration #rpg #kickstarter

#InTheNews re. #sustainable #travel & #development
8/ #Community: Size may not matter but #truth does so issues can be addressed accurately > #UN votes to adopt new #world #map to reflect #Africa's true size
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... #maps

Where is Canada 🇨🇦?

#Canada
#StepByStep 👣
#PlacesOfWorship
Been here? ❤️
Want to visit? 🔁
#Maps #Cartography #Geography #OneWorld
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🎉 About time... #maps #geography #geopolitics UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

#Google #Maps neden 8 dakika daha hızlı ve otoyol ücreti açısından çok daha ucuz olan klasik rota yerine Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu'nu verir?

Great news for reality! #news #map #maps #worldmap