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💧🌏 Greg CocksMercator Misconceptions - Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries [Especially In High Latitudes] -- <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/</a> <-- shared technical article -- <a href="https://equal-earth.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://equal-earth.com/</a> <-- shared Equal Earth map projection details [the poster’s recommended global projection for many use cases] -- [note the ‘true’ size of high latitude landmasses like Greenland and Canada (and Russia as well); note also that the Mercator Projection was not / is not a ‘tool of colonialism’, geopolitics or the like, it was/is ‘simply’ a very clever projection to aid in marine navigation] <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#projection</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenland</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/size" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#size</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landarea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landarea</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#projection</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapprojection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapprojection</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/JustSayNoToGallPeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JustSayNoToGallPeters</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/equalarea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equalarea</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mercator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mercator</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marine</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nautical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nautical</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#navigation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spheroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spheroid</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/globe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#globe</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/area" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#area</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/shape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shape</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/direction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direction</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/equalearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equalearth</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rhomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhomb</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rhomblines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhomblines</a>

Pirmin Kalberer"Farewell Web Mercator". Slides of my talks at <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/SOTMEU2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SOTMEU2024</a> are available online: <a href="https://pka.github.io/farewell-web-mercator/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pka.github.io/farewell-web-mercator/</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSM</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/SOTMEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SOTMEU</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/StateoftheMapEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateoftheMapEurope</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/EqualEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EqualEarth</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Projection</a>

Richard JonesA <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#map</a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wild</a>. Turned around this evening in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pub</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/urinal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urinal</a> (not before I’d finished!) to see this peeling <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wall</a> paint. Can you see a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mercator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mercator</a> northern hemisphere <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#global</a> projection here? It struck me immediately!FYI I hate Mercator projections. If I’m forced to put <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/north" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#north</a> at the top of my maps, then I choose <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EqualEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EqualEarth</a> projections. I disavow Mercator’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/imperialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imperialist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#global</a> view of the world. As a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a> (ist) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/East" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#East</a> is always top of any map I draw anyway! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Orientate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orientate</a> your <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maps</a>.

💧🌏 Greg CocksNostalgia – Cartography & Projections On Network TV’s ‘West Wing’ -- <a href="https://youtu.be/UPaca-SrvEk?si=vhY84Z-_KopnQ083" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/UPaca-SrvEk?si=vhY84Z-_KopnQ083</a> -- Cool to see map geekiness pop up on network TV drama a few years back -- • I am NOT a fan of the the Galls Peters - thinking that the Equal Earth Projection (<a href="https://equal-earth.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://equal-earth.com/</a>) is vastly superior technically and ‘aesthetically pleasing’ • The 1569 Mercator projection was NOT designed as a ‘tool of cultural oppression’, that is a persistent myth - but rather was "... the standard map projection for navigation because it is unique in representing north as up and south as down everywhere while preserving local directions and shapes...” • As a Trekkie, I also love that the actor John Billingsley - who plays Dr Flox - is the ‘lead scientist’… <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cartography</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#projection</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapprojections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapprojections</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gischat</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrek</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WestWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestWing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/networkTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#networkTV</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TV</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/EqualEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EqualEarth</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#representation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapgeeks</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapgeekiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapgeekiness</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mercator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mercator</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rhumblines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhumblines</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#navigation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/usecase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usecase</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marine</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/shape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shape</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/area" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#area</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/distance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#distance</a>

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