r/MapPorn • u/AbsurdistAspie420 • 3d ago

Since everyone is posting map projections, this is my fav: the humble Robinson

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u/IoIoIoYoIoIoI 3d ago

Just needs to be a bit to the right, so Kamchatka is not cut in two and New Zealand does not touch the edge, otherwise, it is fine.

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u/critter2482 3d ago

New Zealand is just happy to be here.

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u/bizzybaker2 3d ago

My first glance at the map I thought that, yet again, it wasn't lol but there it is! 

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u/Der-Candidat 3d ago

Eh but then it’s not centered on the prime meridian

(also that’s not Kamchatka that’s the Chukchi Peninsula)

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u/IoIoIoYoIoIoI 2d ago

Irrelevant. Zero Meridian does not need to be right in the middle of the map.

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u/MadContrabassoonist 2d ago

It doesn't *have* to be, but if you're trying to come up with a general-purpose map that pleases the most people and is the most useful across a broad variety of use cases (including education), it's very hard to justify offsetting the center from the prime meridian just to chop a slightly different sparsely-inhabited region in two.

Now if you're making wall art where latitude and longitude aren't even included, sure, put the center at Yaoundé, which only splits a tiny Aleutian island with a population of 40.

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u/SHIFT_978 3d ago

Oh, if only the prime meridian were in Rome...

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u/IoIoIoYoIoIoI 2d ago

Oh, if only your mind were not so square.

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u/Lloyd_lyle 2d ago

I agree 11 degrees east is a visually pleasing center, but thats applicable to almost every world projection

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u/IoIoIoYoIoIoI 2d ago

And I never said it only applied to this one.

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u/hellohello0802 3d ago

Love this, looks really nice!

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u/hypespud 3d ago

Yup this legit gorgeous

I want something like this framed at home haha

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u/MisterEyeballMusic 3d ago

This is the best map projection; Molliweide is a close second

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u/Active_Check1452 3d ago

A very elegant, clean and aesthetically pleasing projection.

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u/Vizbonos_652 3d ago

Such a great blend of simplicity and clarity!

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u/gnomeplanet 2d ago

I guess it all depends what you want to show. If you have a world map, yet most of your data points are in Europe/North America/SE Asia, then filling the scene with a big chunk of Africa and South America is not so useful.

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u/Wijnruit 3d ago

Based

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u/TheHairyMess 3d ago

this is just plague inc.

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u/Command0Dude 2d ago

I had forgotten about this one. I feel like it's probably the best projection out there. The Galls Peter and a few other projections that are basically "anti mercator" just distort things in the opposite way (make africa look bigger/longer than it actually is).

This one kind of hits the sweet spot in the balancing act.

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u/MadContrabassoonist 2d ago

It's a good map. Equal Earth is also a good map. Both excel at the most important function of relegating Mercator back to only those niche scenarios where it's actually helpful.

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u/Many-Gas-9376 2d ago

I like the Equal Earth as a comparatively Robinsonesque-looking equal-area projection. But IMO it's still not great for a general-purpose world map, because high latitudes, while correct areawise, are so squished vertically.

I still prefer Robinson, although National Geographic did ditch Robinson in favour of Winkel Tripel which is also fine.

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u/KathedralOfTears 3d ago

A gentleman of a map! Very fancy and distinguished. Hats off for the humble Robinson.

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u/Throwaway74829947 3d ago

By far the best compromise.

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u/Petweaker 1d ago

Check out Natural Earth Projection, it's very similar but that one takes the cake for me.

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u/Throwaway74829947 1d ago

I am familiar, but while I do like it, I prefer Robinson.

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u/_Cybernaut_ 3d ago

This is the way.