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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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[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do you think literally every mapping app on earth shows a projection onto the given x pixels by y pixels rather than a 3D rendering of a curved space again?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They don't.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

which don't?