mapto@feddit.bg to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoThis is the true size of Africamstdn.socialexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down15
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkThis is the true size of Africamstdn.socialmapto@feddit.bg to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoI’m not sure I’ve ever seen a Mercator map except in internet content complaining about them
minus-squareshadowtofulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoHave you used Google Maps? Or OpenStreetMap?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months 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-down1·2 months 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.