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World map from China, first time I see this projection (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (8 children)

It is quite funny to see the US and the Americas generally kinda cast to the side in this map.

While it's obviously putting China and Asia in the middle (actually looks like India is right in the middle) ... as far as making certain areas look bigger or smaller than actually are, compared to the standard mercator style projections ... Russia and Greenland seem to be the "losers" here while Africa looks relatively huge.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Africa is huge- many people underestimate it, although in this case it is a bit too large compared to India in the middle. Also the colorscale makes Sahara and other low desert areas too green - the habitable part is not so great.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I can't read Chinese, but looks like the colors represent elevation, not how green an area is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Africa is huge

Oh I know … I noted it as a positive of the map … probably makes Africa feel appropriately big compared to the rest of the world.

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