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[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also the Mercator projection is infamously inaccurate. I'm surprised the straight lines are straight, actually.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is absolutely not Mercator (otherwise, meridians would be all vertical and the Polar Circle a straight horizontal boundary), and the diagonal lines do not quite appear straight.