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where should things "move along" towards? the mercator projector has some very important features, what would be the alternative?
by agos 4y ago
where should things "move along" towards? the mercator projector has some very important features, what would be the alternative?
- bagels 4y agoDymaxion.
- kzrdude 4y agoThe projection is used way more often than those features are needed, so use other alternatives like <favourite projection here> anytime you reasonably can.
- standardUser 4y agoNational Geographic maps use the Winkel tripel projection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkel_tripel_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkel_tripel_projection
- flohofwoe 4y agoI already posted it somewhere above, but this is the world map we used in school in the 1980's, definitely much less 'radical' than Mercator: https://i.redd.it/xcydn8owtzj61.jpg https://i.redd.it/xcydn8owtzj61.jpg
- kzrdude 4y agoThat is or is very similar to Winkel tripel