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time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

The world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projection

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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

time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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  • mystic-macaroni@lemmy.ml
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    I like the one what looks like a pealed orange personally

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      It always blows my mind that the US and China are the exact same size. +/- ~15000km2
      (i.e. Northern Ireland + China == US)

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        Right? Close enough that it changes depending on territorial water claims and disputes.

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          Heh

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