It is quite funny to see the US and the Americas generally kinda cast to the side in this map.
While it’s obviously putting China and Asia in the middle (actually looks like India is right in the middle) … as far as making certain areas look bigger or smaller than actually are, compared to the standard mercator style projections … Russia and Greenland seem to be the “losers” here while Africa looks relatively huge.
Africa is huge- many people underestimate it, although in this case it is a bit too large compared to India in the middle. Also the colorscale makes Sahara and other low desert areas too green - the habitable part is not so great.
It is quite funny to see the US and the Americas generally kinda cast to the side in this map.
While it’s obviously putting China and Asia in the middle (actually looks like India is right in the middle) … as far as making certain areas look bigger or smaller than actually are, compared to the standard mercator style projections … Russia and Greenland seem to be the “losers” here while Africa looks relatively huge.
Africa is huge- many people underestimate it, although in this case it is a bit too large compared to India in the middle. Also the colorscale makes Sahara and other low desert areas too green - the habitable part is not so great.
Oh I know … I noted it as a positive of the map … probably makes Africa feel appropriately big compared to the rest of the world.