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Due to projection distortions, the size of the area was visually misleading. An area-maintaining projection would be a more accurate way to communicate this dat
by shifter 9y ago
Due to projection distortions, the size of the area was visually misleading. An area-maintaining projection would be a more accurate way to communicate this data.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection#Projections_by_preservation_of_a_metric_property https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection#Projections_b...
- teh_klev 9y agoI'll resist the obligatory "Gall–Peters" West Wing/XKCD post :)