I like the AuthaGraph map myself, but I’m happy to see an equal area projection being proposed!
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2025
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wow. thats cool
Search the comments before promoting this one. Glad I'm not alone.
I especially like how it centers over the Pacific, the largest geographical feature.
Other maps make the Pacific look similar in size to the Atlantic when in reality the Pacific ocean is three times the size of the Eurasia landmass.
none of this matters, because we all know the earth is flat. Just because other planets are round, doesn't mean the earth is!
Mercator? I barely even know her!
Fuck this. We can do ~~better~~ worse
It's not a bad compromise projection honestly. Why not?
Those distances get exaggerated up on the poles though. What about that other one that looks like a bunch of orange slices?
That one has the problem that someone might get hungry and eat the slices.
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It's now trivial, in 2025, to depict the world as a 3D shape, this is coming a few decades after it matters, imo.
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The globe in the thumbnail is really bothering me. Does the artist not know how to align objects?
It's also using mercator projection
Ampak Mercator je najboljši sosed. 😢
This is the best idea I’ve heard since that one weird website I found that said every country should put a sky blue pennant above their flag to remind us we share a planet.