A roughly representative map is preferable. The Mercator projection was never good. The problem I have is that the one they’ve adopted, the equal earth projection, instead stretches the equatorial parts vertically and the polar parts horizontally. The natural earth projection is better because it reduces this distortion, including Africa.
A roughly representative map is preferable. The Mercator projection was never good. The problem I have is that the one they’ve adopted, the equal earth projection, instead stretches the equatorial parts vertically and the polar parts horizontally. The natural earth projection is better because it reduces this distortion, including Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Earth_projection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Earth_projection