Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoAfrican Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s sizewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down112cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
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minus-squareDantheta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoReminds me of the West Wing episode with the Petersen (?) projection map. Although I seem to remember that map format was under copyright and would have required a fee for every use. An intended consequence?
Reminds me of the West Wing episode with the Petersen (?) projection map. Although I seem to remember that map format was under copyright and would have required a fee for every use. An intended consequence?