fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 23 hours agoDenominator, go Mercatormander.xyzimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1712arrow-down110
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minus-squareobserves_depths@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·14 hours agoI’ll add that we use the mercator projection because it preserves shapes but not scale. There’s other projections that preserve scale but not shapes.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 hours agoDymaxion Map supremacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoBut how will we ever know who the anonymous “West” is?
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoOnly the Mathematics and Cartographer classes, or the most elite Historians shall be able to decipher such knowledge.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 hours agoNone of those preserve the shape of Antarctica!
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoNot to start any shit, but the Robinson Projection looks pretty nice.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agoWhat is this Twin-peak Earth?
I’ll add that we use the mercator projection because it preserves shapes but not scale. There’s other projections that preserve scale but not shapes.
Dymaxion Map supremacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
But how will we ever know who the anonymous “West” is?
Only the Mathematics and Cartographer classes, or the most elite Historians shall be able to decipher such knowledge.
None of those preserve the shape of Antarctica!
Not to start any shit, but the Robinson Projection looks pretty nice.
What is this Twin-peak Earth?
how are the owls?
Superb!