Post ApbdUQFA6mzWbAsYF6 by pejotu@mastodontti.fi
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 (DIR) Post #ApbdUO5W7g5VugLovo by ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
       2024-12-31T07:08:27Z
       
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       New view of the world:'Tokyo-based architect & artist Hajime Narukawa won Japan's prestigious Good Design Award for developing the AuthaGraph World Map, a groundbreaking projection that preserves the true proportions of continents & oceans.By dividing the globe into 96 triangles, then transferring these to a tetrahedron & unfolding it into a rectangle, the AuthaGraph map eliminates the distortions found in both the Mercator & Dymaxion maps'#politics h/t Phillip Richardson/LinkedIn
       
 (DIR) Post #ApbdUPF7pRMrUlr0Xw by christineburns@mastodon.green
       2024-12-31T08:58:20Z
       
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       @ChrisMayLA6 Unless it’s for sailing across the Pacific, I’m not sure of the utility of a map where the land where people live is consigned to the edges and it’s impossible to accurately infer which way is north. If you’re desperate to accurately view the relative sizes of land masses then buy a globe. It’s definitely a sign of the times though that the British Isles is virtually off the edge of the map.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApbdUQFA6mzWbAsYF6 by pejotu@mastodontti.fi
       2024-12-31T09:29:50Z
       
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       @christineburns @ChrisMayLA6 Yes, there's several ways to display the world, based on what's important (for example, north is not really important unless you're navigating, or maybe thinking of things like climate).But in terms of population, or "land where people live", the central location of Asia is of course absolutely a well founded choice, like this other map, where countries are scaled for population, shows.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApbeSeziOUuHirNSDI by XMediumxFloppax@annihilation.social
       2024-12-31T13:37:36.113289Z
       
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       @ChrisMayLA6 lads, Greenland is ours 🦅