Probably the most concerning thing is that they flipped Africa. That comes with a lot negative implications for it’s 1.5B human residents, even if they got adequate forewarning and the process was slow and gentle.
Sometime this year, there was an interesting article about African governments premiering an altered sphere projection map of the world that more accurately showcases how much of Earth’s landmass is in Africa, rather than Russian/US/Europe regions.
They even pointed out it has social implications towards how much aid Africans get.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Probably the most concerning thing is that they flipped Africa. That comes with a lot negative implications for it’s 1.5B human residents, even if they got adequate forewarning and the process was slow and gentle.
marcos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve got some bad news to you. They rotate it every single day!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh go osculate your continent.
crank0271@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Which axis do you think they rotated it on?
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sometime this year, there was an interesting article about African governments premiering an altered sphere projection map of the world that more accurately showcases how much of Earth’s landmass is in Africa, rather than Russian/US/Europe regions.
They even pointed out it has social implications towards how much aid Africans get.