Because it is very hard to visualize correctly, when I look at it I need time to even understand what I am looking at. You can blame it on the fact that we used Mercator for centuries, but this does not feel natural.
The one selected keeps proportions while feeling natural to almost everyone alive today.
Maybe I am wrong about learning, maybe if everyone learns with this it would make sense, but this is the type of thing in which you have to compromise, no one alive (of course there are exceptions, but you know what I mean) prefers to look at yours instead of a map focused on the Ecuador/Atlantic.
I am not saying it is not a good map, I just don’t think it is the right representation.
Think about it, what picture do you think shows you better? One from the top? Or one from the front?
Both show you, both miss information, but still one gives you way more to work with than the other.
Looking at things from “above” is not natural for humans.
I don’t know, I find this map to be incredibly intuitive. It shows the reality of living on a sphere, and really emphasizes a lot of the logistics of navigating the oceans. I think there’s a huge amount of potential with this projection
Because it is very hard to visualize correctly, when I look at it I need time to even understand what I am looking at. You can blame it on the fact that we used Mercator for centuries, but this does not feel natural. The one selected keeps proportions while feeling natural to almost everyone alive today. Maybe I am wrong about learning, maybe if everyone learns with this it would make sense, but this is the type of thing in which you have to compromise, no one alive (of course there are exceptions, but you know what I mean) prefers to look at yours instead of a map focused on the Ecuador/Atlantic.
Here’s a map with political borders, capitols, and large cities
I am not saying it is not a good map, I just don’t think it is the right representation. Think about it, what picture do you think shows you better? One from the top? Or one from the front? Both show you, both miss information, but still one gives you way more to work with than the other. Looking at things from “above” is not natural for humans.
I don’t know, I find this map to be incredibly intuitive. It shows the reality of living on a sphere, and really emphasizes a lot of the logistics of navigating the oceans. I think there’s a huge amount of potential with this projection
Fair. I don’t agree, but I see were you are coming from and you are not really wrong, so 🤝