African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size
Hugin @ Hugin @lemmy.world Posts 5Comments 960Joined 2 yr. ago
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Not exactly it distorts shapes a lot. However if you pick point A on a coast and point B on a different coast the angle of the line is the heading you should sail to go from point A to point B.
So yeah very useful as a nautical map if you want to navigate from place to place. Not accurate in shape though.