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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it because of the Mercator projection?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm just as annoyed by the overuse of the Mercator projection as the next guy, but no, I don't think we can blame it in this particular instance. Consider the similar case of a day/night map, which pretty clearly reads as 50/50 even when it's Mercator:

day/night map using Mercator projection

(Upon further scrutiny comparing these two maps, I think the missing Antarctica might be a factor too.)

Also, relevant XKCD.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That day/night map is not Mercator though

(Nor is the map in OP)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

My argument applies to any cylindrical projection.