alt Hacker NewsThe comments overwhelmingly say: mercator isn't really in use. So what is this weird "decolonization" push then? Virtue signalling? I see it a lot from US-based people nowadays. Seems like a weird fetish as a European.
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WelkinFolk • today at 8:51 AM
I don't think this is a US only thing. Even in India, where I'm from, everyone I've spoken to or know tends to like this change.
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edflsafoiewq • today at 9:10 AM
The article actually maps out the history pretty well. This is basically a recrudescence of the Gall-Peters debate from the 70s, triggered by Boston Public Schools adopting Gall-Peters in 2017. The current wave has taken up the old fight with a less-ugly equiareal map.
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US angry US no big
US biggest! US #1!