fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 个月前Denominator, go Mercatormander.xyzimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1863
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minus-squareobserves_depths@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·2 个月前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.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 个月前Dymaxion Map supremacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 个月前But how will we ever know who the anonymous “West” is?
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 个月前Only the Mathematics and Cartographer classes, or the most elite Historians shall be able to decipher such knowledge.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 个月前None of those preserve the shape of Antarctica!
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 个月前What is this Twin-peak Earth?
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 个月前Not to start any shit, but the Robinson Projection looks pretty nice.
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.
Szupermaci
None of those preserve the shape of Antarctica!
What is this Twin-peak Earth?
how are the owls?
Superb!
Not to start any shit, but the Robinson Projection looks pretty nice.