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Technically it does not shrink Africa’s size but it inflates the apparent size of northern and southern areas. It seems clear that the problems of African deve
by kamma4434 1y ago
Technically it does not shrink Africa’s size but it inflates the apparent size of northern and southern areas.
It seems clear that the problems of African developement can be fixed by topping the evil cadre of cartographers that keep it down. On the other hand, Africa has an obvious advantage by coming first in alphabetical order.
- Waterluvian 1y agoAfrica has also been in the middle of most world maps for a long time. We have the technology to fix this: all maps should be dynamic, using a planar projection centred on the viewer’s coordinates. It will embiggen all local geography while omitting distant lands. We’ll call this approach the Egocentric Cartographic Model.
- iroddis 1y agoSeems like a perfectly cromulent solution.
- dkiebd 1y agoI was thinking precisely that making Africa appear larger would make it even more evident what a waste of space it is. If I were African I’d rather try and go unnoticed.