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I think too much weight in this discussion is given to the Mercator projection since that's the specific one we use today. People were making 2D maps for much l
by weberer 2y ago
I think too much weight in this discussion is given to the Mercator projection since that's the specific one we use today. People were making 2D maps for much longer than that. Flat maps existed in the medieval era.
- nabla9 2y agoAll maps on paper are flat. There are multiple projections into 2d map. There is no reason to assume that the lines align in other projections.