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11. What map would have been a better choice?

Fri Aug 21, 2020, 12:50 PM

Aug 2020

The one in the OP appears to be a Winkel tripel projection, which attempts to minimize 3 types of distortion.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkel_tripel_projection

What do you think would have been a better choice?

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MAGA my ass. Look at this map Fauci made-- Leading the world in dreaded diseases... [View all] TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 OP

K&R smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #1

Wait? What? Deliberately Emerging Anthrax Bioterrorism? Sedona Aug 2020 #2

And you thought only the bad guys did that? TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #5

Heartland virus? durablend Aug 2020 #3

I want to know WTF the Bourbon Virus is! Initech Aug 2020 #4

It explains Kentucky? TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #6

I've been to some backwards-ass places in Kentucky, so yeah! Initech Aug 2020 #8

I am always amused at the way Westerners present Africa as smaller malaise Aug 2020 #7

Talk to the mapmakers-- Eckert projection makes it look even bigger... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #9

That's who I meant b/t malaise Aug 2020 #10

What map would have been a better choice? sl8 Aug 2020 #11

The thing that scares me most on that list isn't coronavirus... BGBD Aug 2020 #12