Samuel Colvin(@samuelcolvin):I have very mixed feelings here. On the one hand, the Mercator projection is bad and Africa deserves to be bigger. On the other hand, equal-area projections are bad too. On the third hand (which I don't have), this news allows me to share my favorite XKCD. https://t.co/r6NAXmLd8o

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Samuel Colvin@samuelcolvin

2026.09.04 17:22

I have very mixed feelings here. On the one hand, the Mercator projection is bad and Africa deserves to be bigger. On the other hand, equal-area projections are bad too. On the third hand (which I don't have), this news allows me to share my favorite XKCD.