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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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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Your screen is flat, and the surface of the planet is essentially flat. If a program starts with a mercator projection and zooms in on a particular area it's always going to be a distorted view.

rendering a 3D image within it would actually mean you can use less of it and see less information in a more confusing view

Whaat? That's nonsense.