Category: Maps
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Equal Earth vs. Mercator Projections of 50% of the World’s Population
<p>A recent <a href="https://mastodon.online/@infobeautiful@vis.social/116959013106803416">posting</a> on Mastodon showed a map dividing the world’s population into two parts geographically. The map uses the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection">Mercator projection</a>. My wife wondered what the same population division would look like using the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Earth_projection">Equal Earth</a> projection. I did not know about “Equal Earth” and thus learned about it. To fulfill…