Merged Mercator projection to be phased out?

[Orphia Nay]

Here's the USA's preferred map.

 

[The Atheist]

But that puts the UK on the edge of the world - we may fall off!

Pfft - you want to try being in NZ. If we appear on the map at all, it's right on the edge, or just as frequently, not there at all.

Which isn't a disadvantage these days.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Here's the USA's preferred map.

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Half of them would be named Drumpf. Otherwise yes.

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

Here's the USA's preferred map.

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Close, but not enough Americas by half.

 

[arthwollipot]

I'm sure they are asking. As I understand it, the entire complaint of the Togolese is that UN agencies and member states don't treat SSA problems with the seriousness those problems deserve, because Africa looks relatively insignificant on the sui generis world map of our time.

Where's the because? Why do you assume that this is the one and only reason that the UN doesn't treat SSA problems with the seriousness they deserve? Why is your argument based in the idea that there is one sole cause for the change?

 

[The Atheist]

Why is your argument based in the idea that there is one sole cause for the change?

It's easy to point the finger at dumb ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊.

 

[Emily's Cat]

Is "someone" going to lobby for a new version to be called the "American Projection"?
(Sorry, that thing that gripes me infests every thought nowadays.)

Nah. We favor this newfangled contraption called a globe. And Google Earth for the digitally inclined.

 

[Emily's Cat]

I'm legitimately surprised that there are 167 posts on this. From people who use the internet regularly, and who probably haven't used a paper map in decades.

 

[Dr.Sid]

Come on .. for this forum, this is still bellow average. We can bicker with a passion, and we barely started here.

 

[Orphia Nay]

I'm legitimately surprised that there are 167 posts on this. From people who use the internet regularly, and who probably haven't used a paper map in decades.

I'm surprised you've said this after just making two posts in a row.

And do you use the internet at all? Does the internet not show flat maps? They're used in the media all the time. I also follow several mapping accounts.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

I'm legitimately surprised that there are 167 posts on this.

I'm legitimately surprised that you are surprised.

 

[junkshop]

Men men men

Men

Surfshark!

 

[theprestige]

Where's the because?

In the Togolese complaint. Read the article.

Why do you assume that this is the one and only reason that the UN doesn't treat SSA problems with the seriousness they deserve?

It's the one the Togolese cited, as justification for this rigamarole. I assume there are many others, including several that are probably more worthy of attention.

Why is your argument based in the idea that there is one sole cause for the change?

The argument here is from the Togolese, and it's not that there's one sole cause, it's that this is the cause they cited.

 

[arthwollipot]

Just because you see only one reason doesn't mean that's true. It is, in fact, a tremendously naïve interpretation, which ignores an awful lot. It's exactly the kind of single-issue thinking that drives most of the Right, in fact. Nothing is ever complex, everything has a single cause.

New map could reshape the way you see the world

For centuries, our understanding of nations across the globe has been laid out by a single map projection of the world. The United Nations just voted to change that.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Planigale]

I'm legitimately surprised that there are 167 posts on this. From people who use the internet regularly, and who probably haven't used a paper map in decades.

I always use a paper map when tramping in the hills, or when sailing. Unlike GPS there's no risk of Russian jamming or battery failure. Electronic charts with GPS are OK, particularly to see if you are drifting off your planned heading.

 

[arthwollipot]

And paper maps for hiking or recreational sailing aren't the issue here. The issue here is world maps. Maps of the world, and providing people with an accurate image of it.

 

[Andy_Ross]

How often do you use the charts instead of the GPS?

What do you think GPS does?
It replaces the daily position fix with a Sextant.

Don't conflate GPS with digital charting.
They are separate things.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Personally I've never agreed with moving the centre of the world away from Jerusalem...

Or Rome.

 

[Andy_Ross]

The map is NOT more accurate ! No map is accurate. There are just different things to prioritize. Angles, distances or sizes. You can't have all 3. Mercator is not less accurate. It is less accurate in sizes. It is more accurate in shapes and directions.

Is it?

 

[Andy_Ross]

Schools don't need UN to tell them what maps to use.

Where is the UN telling schools which maps to use?