time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 30 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionimagemessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down129
arrow-up1615arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectiontime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 30 days agomessage-square213linkfedilink
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-229 days agoIt always blows my mind that the US and China are the exact same size. +/- ~15000km2 (i.e. Northern Ireland + China == US)
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·28 days agoRight? Close enough that it changes depending on territorial water claims and disputes.
It always blows my mind that the US and China are the exact same size. +/- ~15000km2
(i.e. Northern Ireland + China == US)
Right? Close enough that it changes depending on territorial water claims and disputes.
Heh