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Mention bias of Mercator map projection, thanks @alicetragedy
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Signed-off-by: Jan-Christoph Borchardt <hey@jancborchardt.net>
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- **πŸ“± Devices:** Lost your phone? Check the map!
- **γ€° Tracks:** Load GPS tracks or past trips. Recording with [PhoneTrack](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.eneiluj.nextcloud.phonetrack/) or [OwnTracks](https://owntracks.org) is planned.

Future plans:
- **πŸ“† Events on the map:** Know where you need to go next!
- **πŸ—Ί Different projections:** The [Mercator projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection) is very biased, as you can see from [The True Size of Africa](http://kai.sub.blue/en/africa.html). Another view like the [Gall-Peters projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection) would be a possibility.


## πŸ— Development setup

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<label for="track-me"><?php p($l->t('Track my position')); ?></label>
<input type="checkbox" id="display-slider" class="checkbox">
<label for="display-slider"><?php p($l->t('Display time filter slider')); ?></label>
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<?php p($l->t('Keep in mind that map projections always distort sizes of countries. The standard Mercator projection is particularly biased. Read more at:')); ?><br>
<a href="http://kai.sub.blue/en/africa.html" target="_blank"><?php p($l->t('The True Size of Africa')); ?> β†—</a>
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