fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoDenominator, go Mercatormander.xyzimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareobserves_depths@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months agoDymaxion Map supremacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
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
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