Map projections shape the way we see the world A map projection renders a 3D spheroid of Earth 🌎 to a 2D surface. 🗺️ Because you can't display 3D surfaces perfectly in 2 dimensions, distortions always occur. The Mercator projection too quickly gets a bad rep. As it preserves angles this was crucial for navigating the seas back in the days of Gerardus Mercator. But since for most of us, our audience aren’t skippers, accurate areas or distances are probably more important today. Tools: #QGIS and #Figma #30DayMapChallenge Day 26 Map projections #maps
Never forget: https://xkcd.com/977/
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1moI have once seen a map, where not Europe was in the center, but Australia. As the european-centered view is also only one option to see the world. In the other view Europa was absolutely marginal at the edge of the map ;-)