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I'd argue that the Mercator projection is not the right projection if you want to show the entire world. The distortion introduced over large areas is fairly ex

I'd argue that the Mercator projection is not the right projection if you want to show the entire world. The distortion introduced over large areas is fairly extreme, and I think relative geographical sizes are fairly important for displaying that kind of graphic.

snogglethorpe 14y ago
> The distortion introduced over large areas is fairly extreme Yeah, but the areas which are most distorted are also usually the least populated, by a long shot, so it may be just fine for showing anything related to people... sure Greenland's way too huge, but, well, meh...