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What is your favourite Earth projection? Robinson projection
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2015-12-22 22:04:55 Post No. 7738676
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:04:55 Post No. 7738676 [Report]
What is your favourite Earth projection? Robinson projection master race reporting
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:06:40 Post No.7738682
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>>7738676
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:08:35 Post No.7738687
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>>7738676
>the only continent it doesn't horribly distort is africa

master race for sure
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:21:40 Post No.7738709
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Werner
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:25:06 Post No.7738716
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:25:06 Post No.7738716 [Report]
I don't think any are good. Mercator is the most common but it distorts every continent except Africa like other anon mentioned. Sinusoidal projections are also difficult to visualize. Globes are best imo.
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:34:16 Post No.7738726
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>>7738676
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:41:48 Post No.7738735
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>>7738676
I do sky projections however.
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:44:09 Post No.7738741
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>>7738726
Came to post this

>>7738709
Who the fuck would ever use this projection?
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:54:55 Post No.7738756
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>>7738726
Nice, orthographic is my favorite too :^)
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:56:22 Post No.7738758
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Mollweide is nice.
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Anonymous 2015-12-22 22:57:08 Post No.7738762
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>>7738682

Gall Peters looks like shit, I'd rather the map be distorted by size than shape
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 08:38:57 Post No.7739665
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Azimuthal Equidistant
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 08:52:19 Post No.7739684
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 08:52:19 Post No.7739684 [Report]
hobo-dyer
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 08:54:26 Post No.7739685
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 08:54:26 Post No.7739685 [Report]
what board am I on? I clicked recent image
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 11:40:01 Post No.7739849
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dymaxion - most poetic map projection
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 12:06:52 Post No.7739867
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>>7738758
>>7738735
feels good to be part of the master race
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 12:36:08 Post No.7739906
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>>7738676

>2015
>not using the Homolosine Projection
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 22:30:38 Post No.7740590
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>>7738676
I prefer to actual images of earth taken from space
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 23:55:20 Post No.7740737
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>>7740590
>actual images
kek
That pic is fake as fuck.
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 23:59:01 Post No.7740743
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Anonymous 2015-12-23 23:59:01 Post No.7740743 [Report]
>all those Aral Seas
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