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cf100clunk 21 hours ago [-]
From the article: ''United States was the only country to vote against''
anigbrowl 20 hours ago [-]
Accuracy is too 'ideological' now. Sic transit gloria mundi.
pella 20 hours ago [-]
"The United States, the only country to vote against the resolution, said it promoted an "ideological agenda" and was a distraction from the "genuine problems of international peace, prosperity or good relations"."
I mean, flipping back and forth between Mollweide and Equal-Earth (what they went with), I see only minor differences, with distortion seemingly favouring Equal-Earth. What's the rationale for having such a strong preference, especially as either is such an improvement over the current map (which has it's principle advantage being for sailing between continents, which isn't exactly the most common use-case)?