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Exciting news for fans of non-Mercator map projections: the African Union has voted to promote the Equal Earth projection which more accurately represents Africa's relative size compared to other continents.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/african-union-urges-adoption-world-101441939.html

#Geography #Geopolitics #Africa #AfricanUnion #Cartography #Mercator #GallPeters

Michael Bacon

@MichaelTBacon@social.coop replied · last month

@diffrentcolours

This is great news, but y'all please don't goad me into having to do the "Mercator is still a really useful projection, it's just terrible for full-world maps" rant again.

diffractcolours

@diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt replied · last month

@MichaelTBacon Oh of course. Just because I'm a fan of non-Mercator projections, doesn't mean I'm not a fan of Mercator! It definitely has its place!

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