Merged Mercator projection to be phased out?

[Steve]

I found the real problem.

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It's the Pacific Ocean!
No E-pene is even close.

Soon to be the American Ocean.

 

[theprestige]

Soon to be the American Ocean.

Still a better map than the one the Togolese suggested.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Be further warned that once we're done with Mercator, the shape of local maps can be problematic, too.

Spoiler, kinda nsfw-shaped map

 

[theprestige]

Be further warned that once we're done with Mercator, the shape of local maps can be problematic, too.

Spoiler, kinda nsfw-shaped map

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"The Moor"? That's pretty racist.

 

[TragicMonkey]

We could save a lot of space on maps if we omitted oceans entirely. Just put the landmasses together with a blue border between them so people remember there may be a bit of a gap in real life.

 

[arthwollipot]

"The Moor"? That's pretty racist.

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

I always thought an Earth map should be a sexy, sexy hourglass. That way you could tell where you are and how long until your egg is done.

 

[Steve]

"The Moor"? That's pretty racist.

"an open area of hills covered with rough grass"

You funny.

 

[theprestige]

"an open area of hills covered with rough grass"

You funny.

Better call it something else, or people will get the wrong idea. No joke.

 

[arthwollipot]

Better call it something else, or people will get the wrong idea. No joke.

"Oh, this map of Berkhamstead shows a place called 'The Moor'? Is there a Muslim inhabitant of medieval Spain there?"

Give me a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ break.

 

[theprestige]

"Oh, this map of Berkhamstead shows a place called 'The Moor'? Is there a Muslim inhabitant of medieval Spain there?"

Give me a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ break.

Did you follow my links? This kind of idiocy didn't start in Togo.

 

[Orphia Nay]

This kind of idiocy didn't start in Togo

You keep trying to diminish this by name dropping Togo.

From the OP article you claim to have read:

"Togo, [...] spearheaded a campaign for the resolution on behalf of the African Union."

The African Union comprises 55 African countries.

At the UN session 164 countries voted in favour of the resolution to use the Equal Earth projection.

Only the US voted no.

Will you still say, "Poor little US and its tiny peepee"?

 

[theprestige]

You keep trying to diminish this by name dropping Togo.

From the OP article you claim to have read:

"Togo, [...] spearheaded a campaign for the resolution on behalf of the African Union."

The African Union comprises 55 African countries.

At the UN session 164 countries voted in favour of the resolution to use the Equal Earth projection.

Only the US voted no.

Will you still say, "Poor little US and its tiny peepee"?

Oh gosh. You think a UN endorsement elevates this proposal. My view is that this proposal is exactly what the UN is good for.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Oh gosh. You think a UN endorsement elevates this proposal.

You disagree with the resolution.

My view is that this proposal is exactly what the UN is good for.

You agree with the resolution.

 

[theprestige]

You disagree with the resolution.

Yep.

You agree with the resolution.

Nope.

How I feel about the UN.

 

[theprestige]

"Oh, this map of Berkhamstead shows a place called 'The Moor'? Is there a Muslim inhabitant of medieval Spain there?"

Give me a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ break.

I see there's been a misunderstanding. Let me clear it up for you:

I will never respect the idea of rejecting the Mercator projection because it makes your continent appear smaller than Greenland. I will never respect any argument that defends that rejection, nor any argument adjacent to that rejection. All of my commentary on this topic stems from that basic position I have, of disrespect for the premise.

There's no misunderstanding for you to attack. There's no unstated assumption you can leverage for some kind of gotcha moment. There's no hidden prejudice that you can hope to bring out into the open with cleverly-crafted interrogatories or sassy "analogies".

There's nothing here for you to win. My position is, the Togolese hopped in a clown car and drove it to the UN, and I'm going to point and laugh.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Nothing will change your mind.

 

[theprestige]

Nothing will change your mind.

Not on this subject, no. So you can stop looking for clever ways to reveal that fact, and stop trying to shame me into retreating from my position.

 

[Steve]

Better call it something else, or people will get the wrong idea. No joke.

Yeah, some people are stupid. And some people look for a reason to be offended. And some people know that words can have more than one meaning but look for the most offensive anyway. People have lived on the Yorkshire Moors for centuries. There is no reason to call it something else.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I always thought an Earth map should be a sexy, sexy hourglass. That way you could tell where you are and how long until your egg is done.

Heisenberg's Eggcertainty Theory says that's impossible.