What do you think the best map projection is?

[Saz]

I'm partial to Robinson but it's come to my attention shitlibs are pushing Peters. One thing I think we can all agree with though is that the rampant use of the mercator protection is one of the most widespread instances of willful ignorance in human history.

[exploited]

Winkel.

[Spider]

The projection debate is so unbelievably overwrought. Mercator lived in the 16th century and was trying to turn a 3D spherical thing into a 2D rectangular thing. It distorts distance from the equator equally, north and south, as a function of simple geometry. Its not a conspiracy, racism, or whatever other shrill nonsense gets shouted about it.

[The Comrade]

every single 2d map projection i've seen is distorted or is so f**k up to make everything proportioned properly it negates the purpose of a map to begin with which is the easy comparison of coordinates/places of the world to each other on a smaller scale.

[Saz]

[Saz]