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date	title	lang	link	authors	tags
2022-07-04 07:07:54 +0000	The Problem With Our Maps	en	https://www.visualcapitalist.com/problem-with-our-maps/	Nick Routley	map projection

billions of people around the world have a skewed perception of the true size of countries thanks to a cartographic technique called the Mercator projection. Used just about everywhere, from classroom wall maps to navigation apps, the Mercator projection is the way most of humanity recognizes the position and size of Earth’s continents.