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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)
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[–] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Traditional navigation is so cool, I had to learn the basics of it a few years ago as part of a course I was on. I suspect it'll feel rather less ceremonial in the future if GPS jamming and spoofing continue to become more common.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Did you know intercontinental missiles navigate with the stars? :o

[–] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

They navigate by the stars, and then briefly turn into one.