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Perspectives164 countries voted yes. Only the United States voted no. Yet NASA already uses Equal Earth. The distinction between a projection and the resolution promoting it explains much of the dispute.
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Maps in everyday life
A straight line on a world map is not automatically the shortest journey. Great circles and rhumb lines explain the difference.
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Equal circles, three metrics and an essential distinction: a map can preserve area while changing shape.
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What research says about our sense of country size, and why a simple Mercator-effect story is incomplete.
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A famous comparison, carefully calculated. Why about 14:1 works and one latitude is not enough.
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Rotate the world and move its centre: a change of perspective between geometry, habit and psychology.
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Population, climate and elections: how projection, denominator and legend work together.
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What an equal-area map preserves, what it changes, and why both matter.
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One preserves local angles. The other preserves area. Choose the property your question needs.
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164 countries voted yes. Only the United States voted no. Yet NASA already uses Equal Earth. The distinction between a projection and the resolution promoting it explains much of the dispute.
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The UN really did vote on world maps. The story behind “Correct the Map” is about knowledge, borders and the promises a projection can keep.
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Five decisions: subject, labels, centre, paper size and readable detail.
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A free 30-minute activity for comparing projections, asking better questions and reading a map critically.
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Move away from the equator and see how two equal patches behave on two projections.
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