Toni AittoniemiAfrica bans mercator projection map! Equal Earth projection to go forward. Awesome!
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Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 | 🕐 CETRemember when #DonaldTrump wanted to acquire #Greenland by force if necessary because it was so huge (one of his reasons)? Well, this stems from a common mistake due to using the #Mercator projection. 55 countries in the African Union now voted to replace it with the Equal Earth projection, created in 2018 by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH9rGGQMy9A
https://piped.video/watch?v=BH9rGGQMy9A
55 Countries Just Banned This Map
Antonin Roussel@syll À propos de la projection de Mercator, connais-tu le site Mercator: Extreme ? (by Drew Roos)
https://mrgris.com/projects/merc-extreme/#[email protected],6.14629
Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors | DEM: SRTM, Sonny | map style: © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)
#MercatorProjection #MercatorExtreme #maps #worldmap #geography
Egberto WilliesTrump’s an idiot! Trump’s Greenland Obsession Exposed as Dangerous Ignorance by Blunt Senator
A senator demolishes Trump’s Greenland obsession, exposing ignorance, media complicity, and the danger of reckless leadership. He says Trump is an idiot.
#Greenland #IndependentMedia #MediaFailure #MercatorProjection #NationalSecurity #politicalAccountability #ProgressivePolitics #Trump #USForeignPolicy https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oBA
skaphleKönnte es sein, dass #Trump auf eine Karte geschaut hat und #Grönland für größer hält, als es ist, weil das in der üblichen #mercatorprojection so riesig wirkt?
Andy TsengDoes this mean Australia could be next in trouble? 🤔
#USPol#AusPol #MercatorProjection
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Hagen Domaška@infobeautiful
Please stop using the #mercatorprojection unless you don't care about misinformation.
Please stop using the #mercatorprojection unless you don't care about misinformation.
JZehcuobGlobal North countries are far smaller than they actually are. The Mercator projection ads to the narrative of rich countries supremacy. #maps #mercatorprojection #worldmap #geography
Church of Jeff
Alan McConchieOf course, we cartographers will never stop sharing this clip from the West Wing on occasions such as these:
"Why are we changing maps?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqC3FNNOaI
#PetersProjection #GallPetersProjection #GallPeters #Mercator #MercatorProjection #MapProjections #maps #cartography #CorrectTheMap
