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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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[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Think of opening the earth up onto a cylinder and stretching it out and over its surface, then flattening that cylinder out.

It will be equal in the centre, but distorted at the ends.

The projection we use is the ~~Reverse~~ Transverse Mercator, as its ‘cylinder’ sits vertical so to speak, distorting the poles. Horizontally, it would distort across the Equator in a couple places, which wouldn’t be useable.

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The projection we use is just the Mercator. Horizontally, it's called a Transverse Mercator

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

That’s right, transverse