• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    where to cut is one of the hardest decisions. i am guilty of defaulting to cut through greenland more than any other country when making world map desktop wallpapers.

    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      I don’t think it’s that difficult to decide. There’s a lot more room between San Jose, California and Hokkaido, Japan than between Natal, Brazil and Dakar, Senegal; cutting through the Pacific makes the most sense for most applications, I think. Sure, the Bering Strait is pretty tiny, but if you break in the Atlantic you’re going to get a lot of distortion in Greenland (hasn’t it had enough?), mainland Europe, and Brazil.