time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down117
arrow-up1339arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square104linkfedilink
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down7·6 hours agoWhat better alternative projection they could use at the time for navigation?
minus-squareKobibi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoI don’t know? That’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the UN using it not for navigation in 2026
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·5 hours agoYou might note that the present is, in fact, not 500 years ago.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·5 hours agoIs that the answer to my question?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·5 hours agoIf you’re asking me to tell you the best way to navigate 500 years ago, I can’t help you because I’m not a historian. The point is that really has absolutely no bearing on how we should use maps today in the present.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agoAnd the present doesn’t affect the past.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agofrom the perspective of an art conservationist i’m not entirely sure i agree.
What better alternative projection they could use at the time for navigation?
I don’t know? That’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the UN using it not for navigation in 2026
You might note that the present is, in fact, not 500 years ago.
Is that the answer to my question?
If you’re asking me to tell you the best way to navigate 500 years ago, I can’t help you because I’m not a historian. The point is that really has absolutely no bearing on how we should use maps today in the present.
And the present doesn’t affect the past.
from the perspective of an art conservationist i’m not entirely sure i agree.