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YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection

correctthemap.org

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YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection

correctthemap.org

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You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

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The Correct the Map campaign challenges the distortion of Africa’s true size on world maps, aiming to empower global understanding and respect for the continent’s significance.

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Worked for whom? The countries that are over-represented in the current map? Or the countries that started this petition?
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  Uhh… everybody.
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    If it was working for everyone, there would never be a widespread movement that got Mercator largely phased out of education.

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