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>2017 >still using the M*rcator projection as the world

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>2017
>still using the M*rcator projection as the world map

how can society advances when we still lie about the earth /his/?
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>>3185903
Mercator is literally the best system for navigation though.

t. Worked as a navigator
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>>3185903
What do you think we should use then?
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> Iceland not with Europe
> Britain not in the middle
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>>3185903
hi frens
ji ji
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>mercator
>perfect for navigation
>places that nobody gives a shit about end up being smaller than actually important parts of the globe
>alternative projections
>not suited for navigation
>usually designed by butthurt niggers and degenerates trying make 3rd world look relevant
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>>3186571
>literally nowhere in the middle of northern russia or canada
>greenland
>important places
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>>3186554
T H I C C
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*blocks your path*
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it's 2017, just use 3d map
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>>3189142
>It is flat after all =^)
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>>3186583
Don't forget about Antarctica
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>>3186571
I prefer Robinson, Mercator is okay, and Gall Peters is retarded.
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>>3186182
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>>3189460
Anon, don't be that guy.
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>>3189455
Globes aren't viable for Chart work Dumb ass, Most charts use the Mercator projection and they work fine for navigation.
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>be Alaskan
>despise any projection that shrinks my state
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>>3189595
Who navigates nowadays?
>>3186571
You're salty af
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just go outside and look around, you dont need fucken maps
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>>3190072
>Who navigates nowadays?
Sailors?
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>>3189460
Mass repliers are the most powerful race
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>>3189603
well then you'll love the mercator
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?
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>>3190359
Globe master race
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>>3190359
>there's a skeleton inside me
FUCK
Somebody call Stirner
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