time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 14 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square179linkfedilinkarrow-up1584arrow-down127cross-posted to: southafrica@piefed.social
arrow-up1557arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square179linkfedilinkcross-posted to: southafrica@piefed.social
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 days agoI was already aware how big Africa really is. I’m actually more surprised that Greenland is smaller.
minus-squarepilferjinx@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·14 days agoI swear they did this so Trump doesn’t get grand ideas of expanding hugely.
minus-squareone_step_behind@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoHere’s to hoping it makes Canada less of a target as well.
I was already aware how big Africa really is. I’m actually more surprised that Greenland is smaller.
I swear they did this so Trump doesn’t get grand ideas of expanding hugely.
Here’s to hoping it makes Canada less of a target as well.