time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 20 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 20 days agomessage-square214linkfedilinkcross-posted to: southafrica@piefed.social
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-218 days agoYou know it’s the Reverse Transverse Mercator right? It’s been the best way to transform a curved surface to a plane surface in a way that people understand.
minus-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 days agoIt’s not the Reverse Mercator… I’m not sure what that is Do you mean Transverse Mercator? Although it’s not that either
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoYeah I did, thank you Edit: and yeah we definitely use the transverse
minus-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 days agoWe do not (Well, we do sometimes but it’s not the map in question)
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoThe link you provide says we use the Transverse Mercator projection I screwed up with ‘reverse’ but it was transverse I meant and it’s what’s popularly used.
minus-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoIt says it is used. But it’s not the map this thread is talking about. It’s not the map the UN is replacing. It’s not the map in the thumbnail. It’s not the original Mercator map. Its not the most widely used map projection. It’s used in specific situations yes
You know it’s the
ReverseTransverse Mercator right?It’s been the best way to transform a curved surface to a plane surface in a way that people understand.
It’s not the Reverse Mercator… I’m not sure what that is
Do you mean Transverse Mercator? Although it’s not that either
Yeah I did, thank you
Edit: and yeah we definitely use the transverse
We do not
(Well, we do sometimes but it’s not the map in question)
The link you provide says we use the Transverse Mercator projection
I screwed up with ‘reverse’ but it was transverse I meant and it’s what’s popularly used.
It says it is used. But it’s not the map this thread is talking about. It’s not the map the UN is replacing. It’s not the map in the thumbnail. It’s not the original Mercator map. Its not the most widely used map projection.
It’s used in specific situations yes