ScienceWhat do different versions of the world map get right and wrong?
The UN has called for a world map that more accurately shows the real size of Africa and other continents. The article compares the Mercator, Equal Earth, Peters and azimuthal equidistant projections, explaining that no flat map can perfectly preserve area, shape, distance and direction at once.
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What do different versions of the world map get right and wrong?
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