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mapto@feddit.bg to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago

This is the true size of Africa

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This is the true size of Africa

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mapto@feddit.bg to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago
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Attached: 1 image The great map myth was incredibly unfair to the 'mother continent': This is the true size of #Africa https://www.green.earth/blog/true-size-map-africa
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    Do we really need all this Mercator ragebait? Just look at a fucking globe - it’s the thing your dad keeps the scotch in.

    (alternatively most map apps go to a globe view when you zoom right out.)

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      (and wait until you see the number the Tube Map did on south London.)

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        i mean, i’d say the lack of tube lines is the bigger issue

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        Not even a mention of africa

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      (alternatively most map apps go to a globe view when you zoom right out.)

      Well, … no, at least GMaps, OSMAnd, Comaps don’t. Thanks to @shadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.de for the hint. https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/23729118

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        what? google maps absolutely has a globe view when you zoom out

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          Mine doesn’t. Neither map view nor satellite view.

          1000245998

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            ah, maybe it only defaults to it on web

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