time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 15 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down129cross-posted to: southafrica@piefed.social
arrow-up1611arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square213linkfedilinkcross-posted to: southafrica@piefed.social
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down6·14 days agoYou might note that the present is, in fact, not 500 years ago.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down7·14 days agoIs that the answer to my question?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·14 days agoIf you’re asking me to tell you the best way to navigate 500 years ago, I can’t help you because I’m not a historian. The point is that really has absolutely no bearing on how we should use maps today in the present.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·14 days agoAnd the present doesn’t affect the past.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·14 days agofrom the perspective of an art conservationist i’m not entirely sure i agree.
You might note that the present is, in fact, not 500 years ago.
Is that the answer to my question?
If you’re asking me to tell you the best way to navigate 500 years ago, I can’t help you because I’m not a historian. The point is that really has absolutely no bearing on how we should use maps today in the present.
And the present doesn’t affect the past.
from the perspective of an art conservationist i’m not entirely sure i agree.