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The world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projection (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you’re asking me to tell you the best way to navigate 500 years ago, I can’t help you because I’m not a historian. The point is that really has absolutely no bearing on how we should use maps today in the present.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And the present doesn't affect the past.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

from the perspective of an art conservationist i'm not entirely sure i agree.