mapto@feddit.bg to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 8 days agoThis is the true size of Africamstdn.socialexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down15
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkThis is the true size of Africamstdn.socialmapto@feddit.bg to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·8 days agoI’m not sure I’ve ever seen a Mercator map except in internet content complaining about them
minus-squareshadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoHave you used Google Maps? Or OpenStreetMap?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 days agoHuh. Well I’ll be damned! I actually thought Google zoomed out to a globe but that’s only on the satellite layer. At least those tools actually are for navigation, not for showing the entire world.
minus-squareNachBarcelona@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoThat seems like one of those education things.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a Mercator map except in internet content complaining about them
Have you used Google Maps? Or OpenStreetMap?
Huh.
Well I’ll be damned! I actually thought Google zoomed out to a globe but that’s only on the satellite layer.
At least those tools actually are for navigation, not for showing the entire world.
That seems like one of those education things.