This is the new map of the world, it is going to replace M*rcator.Say something nice about it.
something nice about it
>>224521623Antarctica and Greenland are still too big.
>>224521623Indonesia is bigger
mexico mentioned :bicep_emoji:
Southern hemisphere seems bigger
>>224521623looks totally disproportionate
>>224521623Uma bosta
>>224521728Brazil so BIG
>>224521623I'm going to keep using Mercator, sorry. It's still the superior analog navigational map.
>>224521623I'm sure people will care more about Africa because of this.
The semi-humorous tragedy of Africa being the center of the world is not lost on me.
>>224521795Where you navigating to, sailor?
>>224521623They made my country look small
>>224521834They will have to. Most countries are dying, Africans have lots of babies. Think of a country like France or Poland that will have 20 million people in a hundred years, compared to 250 million in Nigeria. By sheer number of people, Africa's relevance will grow.
>>224521623yurope so smol
i'm kinda shocked at how big south america looks
I can finally use this reddit meme again
>>224522152Brazil always weirded me out because it's larger than the contiguous US but you have basically zero mountains.
>>224522194Who needs mountains anywayI'd like to live in Manaus just because of the weather. It's warm all year round and the city gets the same amount of sunlight all year long, thanks to its proximity to the equator. In Germany we get like 16 hours of sunlight in summer but only 8 in winter, it's retarded and makes me depressed
>>224522094It's embarrassing, I want to live in a BIG country
>>224521623This better highlights the humongous failure of Africa.
>>224521623On one hand I like it because it's more accurate, but on the other hand I dislike it because all the important bits are smaller.
>>224522194Brazil is more mountainous than the US. What are you on about?The odd thing is that their mountains are all near the coast too and it fucks with their development. Rio has nice scenery because it's right next to a mountain
>>224522302Oh no it's happening again.
>>224522194I'd love to have mountains.I'd hate to live in Manaus just because of the weather. It's constantly way too fucking hot, there's way too much sunlight because of the fucking equator. In Finland we get like 2 hours of sunlight in winter, which is fucking perfect. Wish it were like that all year round.
>>224522433Even if Germany were to conquer all of Europe (which I don't want and which would morally wrong), it would still be smol.
>>224522194We have zero mountains relative to Chile or Peru, maybe. We have no interesting mountains.
>>224522458Mountains just make development more difficult, building roads or tunnels through mountains is expensive as shit and people regularly die in landslides etc.Nobody needs mountains.
>>224522555Are you Low German, perchance?
>>224521890it's going to be like having 20 indias
>>224522555trukefuck mountainoids
>>224522566I'm from Hesse originally where we have "mountains" (more like hills really, they are like 600m tall) and even those make living there a pain in the ass for elderly people etc. The only supermarket in the village is located on top of the hill for example, so my grandma, who doesn't drive anymore, always faces a logistical challenge when she wants to buy groceries. Building the train line to the village was also extremely expensive back in the day....at least the scenery is nice, I guess.
>>224521623northfags in shambles
>>224521623>russian crimealol
>>224522682Makes sense, but I'm surprised that a country as wealthy and advanced as Germany still haven't fixed such issues with transportation and logistics. It doesn't have the excuse of being extremely corrupt and incompetent in administration like Iran.Why there's only one supermarket there though? Can't someone just get some licenses, do a paperwork, then get a loan and open a better one that is not on top of the hill?But I agree that the scenery is nice, mountains+tree are very soothing and serene.Wish Iranians weren't subhumans so I could take a nice picture without so many trash in it.
>>224521623>water>invisible smaller countries>big americas and africa blobs
>>224522419They're not snowcapped mountains so it feels less impressive to most>t. Grew up in São Paulo
>>224522934I like your picture, is that near Teheran? Leopards and still live in those mountains, right?Germany isn't that wealthy anymore desu.h. West Germany (not East Germany) was very rich in the 80s, but times have changed. The average wagie only makes 2600-2700€ net a month and the government is indebted as shit. Maybe things will get better again in the future, but we've been in an economic downturn for 7 years now. Infrastructure still -mostly- works, although there are issues sometimes, with broken bridges and the notoriously late and inefficient rail system.The problems of building infrastructure in mountains are visible in Austria though and the so called Brennerpass, it's the main route from northern Europe into Italy and there are always problems there. One or two lanes are always closed because of renovations/construction, so there are always huge traffic jams, and if a truck has an accident or something and blocks a lane, nobody can pass for hours on end. This affects tens of thousands of people a day. Even the building of the highway + tunnel there has been going on for like 40 or 50 years now? And it's still not finished and costs billions and billions and billions of euros.As for the supermarkets: there used to be two more, but they closed. The old owners retired and nobody wanted to take over. Also, they had slightly higher prices than big supermarkets in nearby bigger towns, so people who own cars, just went to the big chains instead of small local shops. That's the reason why nobody wants to open a new one, I guess, they won't have a lot of customers.
How is Africa so big with 0 noteworthy achieve
>>224523138Egypt?Ethiopia was a pretty relevant civilization too for a long time
>>224523153I would also include Morocco and Carthage. Maybe Mali as well.
Why didn’t they use the Robinson map? The only ones affected by the distortion in that one are the countries in the far edges while everything is in their correct proportions. In this shit EVERYTHING looks mushed together or stretched out
>>224523182I can agree on Mali, but as far as I know Carthage was a Phoenician (Levantine) colony and thus not really African
>>224521623only chuds would seethe over walkable bibisi size accurate maps
>>224523028>I like your picture, is that near Teheran? On the other side of Alborz mountains. It's near Rudsar beach in Gilan. This one is in Tehran.>Leopards and still live in those mountains, right?Yes, but they're endangered as a whole.>and the government is indebted as shit.>but we've been in an economic downturn for 7 years now.Besides the global economy collectively going to shit, why is that the case for Germany? Military and welfare spending with high taxes?>Infrastructure still -mostly- works, although there are issues sometimes, with broken bridges and the notoriously late and inefficient rail system.I've never heard of German rail system being notoriously late and inefficient. Can you elaborate a little? I thought it had one of the better rail systems in the world.>There are always problems there. One or two lanes are always closed because of renovations/construction, so there are always huge traffic jams, and if a truck has an accident or something and blocks a lane, nobody can pass for hours on end. This affects tens of thousands of people a day. Even the building of the highway + tunnel there has been going on for like 40 or 50 years now? And it's still not finished and costs billions and billions and billions of euros.If workers under Pahlavi dynasty, especially in early 20th century, and today's laborers under the extremely corrupt IRGC infested corpos can make long and wide highways and railways in mountains, I don't see how Germany cannot. That money is definitely embezzled by EU bureaucrats.>Also, they had slightly higher prices than big supermarkets in nearby bigger towns, so people who own cars, just went to the big chains instead of small local shops. That's the reason why nobody wants to open a new one, I guess, they won't have a lot of customers.If someone makes a modest local store in your grandma's town with decent prices, then most of the people won't leave for other towns. Is opening a business that difficult?
>>224523202I don't think it's particularly relevant how it started, but as it was a rival of Rome for a good couple of centuries I don't think you can argue that it's not historically relevant.I mean how many people have heard of Hannibal?
>>224523153>Ethiopia was a pretty relevant civilizationLol no
>>224523301Being one of the oldest civilisations on earth makes them historically relevant if nothing else.Beating Italy in the second world war is another thing of note, but perhaps not particularly an achievement. We are after all talking about the Italians.
>>224523301>t.
>>224523241Very nice picture, visiting Iran is something I've always wanted to do.>why is that the case for Germany? Military and welfare spending with high taxes?Our economy relied on cheap energy to produce lots of stuff. Russian gas is gone now and our phenomenal politicians decided to shut down nuclear power plants, because... There was an earthquake in Japan 15 years ago. As a result of that, we have the highest or second highest electricity prices in the world, oil is also expensive, and thus producing stuff isn't economically viable anymore.There's also the issue that we are an old society and more people retire than enter the workforce. The retired people have to be fed with high taxes. And yes, the social system is also very expensive, we have millions of jobless people who could in theory work, but just don't want to, and the government (or rather the taxpayer) has to finance their lifestyle, because the heckin constitution says that human dignity shall not be infringed upon, or whatever.>I've never heard of German rail system being notoriously late and inefficient. Can you elaborate a little?There's not much to say. It's just shit. According to official statistics less than 50% of long distance rail connections arrive on time, most are late. As for short distance commuter trains, they are also notoriously late and sometimes trains don't arrive at all. People who commute to work have to leave their homes earlier, just in case, since their train might just not come or be 30 minutes late, it happens every day. I've also personally experienced trains having heating turned on on full blast in the middle of summer, ACs not working properly, etc. etc.The rail system in this country is a disaster!>If someone makes a modest local store in your grandma's town with decent prices, then most of the people won't leave for other towns. Is opening a business that difficult?I think it's a cost problem.
>>224521623They did it to make Greenland smaller hoping to dissuade Trump
>>224522934You can't "fix" mountain with money. Tunneling will always be more pain than non tunneling. People will still gravitate to flatter area given chance. Hilly area is just good for tourism.
>>224523444>There's not much to say. It's just shit.aber warum? arent you guys like super educated and austistic that make everything work properly?
>>224523196>The Equal Earth map projection is an equal-area pseudocylindrical global map projection, invented by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson in 2018. It is inspired by the widely used Robinson projection, but unlike the Robinson projection, it retains the relative size of areas. The projection equations are simple to implement and fast to evaluate.
>>224523660But the Robinson distorts the shape of countries on the edges of the map alone. This one just stretches out every single country around the equator and make them look off.
>>224523612That's just a stereotype.I don't know the exact reasons why the rail system is so shit. Some people say that the main problem is that DB, the biggest rail company, effectively has a monopoly and thus can get away with being shit. Other people complain, that the rail infrastructure hasn't been really maintained since the 90s, to save costs.
>>224521623Canadian sisters...
>>224521890
>>224521623>Singapore is biggerT-thank you... so this is what representation feels like...
>>224523444>Russian gas is gone now and our phenomenal politicians decided to shut down nuclear power plants, because... There was an earthquake in Japan 15 years ago. As a result of that, we have the highest or second highest electricity prices in the world, oil is also expensive, and thus producing stuff isn't economically viable anymore.Grim. Was there really a plan for making up for this, or did the idiots in charge just went with whatever that was popular at the moment to secure voter base?>And yes, the social system is also very expensive, we have millions of jobless people who could in theory work, but just don't want to, and the government (or rather the taxpayer) has to finance their lifestyle, because the heckin constitution says that human dignity shall not be infringed upon, or whatever.Aren't there penalities applied for people who are like that? Or better yet, providing no benefit at all? Although, the government should provide jobs and opportunities when it's not providing NEET or retirement benefits.>According to official statistics less than 50% of long distance rail connections arrive on time, most are late. As for short distance commuter trains, they are also notoriously late and sometimes trains don't arrive at all. People who commute to work have to leave their homes earlier, just in case, since their train might just not come or be 30 minutes late, it happens every day. I've also personally experienced trains having heating turned on on full blast in the middle of summer, ACs not working properly, etc. etc.Jesus FUCKING Christ, there are no inspections and measures like this in effect? No protests or mass complaints to those in charge of supposedly taking care of this shit?Iran also has similar problems, but a train being very late is a rare thing and AC at worst is off, which isn't usual.>I think it's a cost problem.Is the paperwork expensive for it? Or the issue of buying or renting that place?>>224523592Not with that attitude.
>>224522682She should buy an ebike or etrike
>>224525223>Grim. Was there really a plan for making up for this, or did the idiots in charge just went with whatever that was popular at the moment to secure voter base?I think they honestly believed in the tale of the "End of History" and that nothing will ever change anymore. They didn't think, or didn't want to think, that something like the war in Ukraine, the US war with Iran, Coronavirus, etc. could happen. They grew fat and complacent and now it costs us.>Aren't there penalities applied for people who are like that?Eh, the government can in theory cut up to 33% of neetbux (housing, heating, health insurance still need to be paid in full though), but in practice it's extremely easy to avoid even the 33% penalty. Just pretend you're sick and get a sick note from a doctor, or just pretend to be applying for jobs, and you'll be left alone.Does Iran also have neetbux like this? I'm guessing there's some form of unemployment benefits, but limited in scope, right?>No protests or mass complaints to those in charge of supposedly taking care of this shit?Germans are very complacent and follow authority. Something like the protests in France could never happen here. The mentality and the people are just different. They just suck it up, get angry, and then end up voting for the extremist party of the month, hoping it will change anything.>Is the paperwork expensive for it? Or the issue of buying or renting that place?It's an economy of scale thing, I think. A bigger shop will always be able to get better prices from supplier, get better energy deals from electricity companies, have a bigger talent pool to recruit from. I mean, it's the same in Japan. Small conbinis are always more expensive than actual big supermarkets. Now that I think about it, there should be enough retirees without cars who'd pay for the convenience, but the lack of supermarkets is also an issue in Saxony-Anhalt etc., dunno why honestly.
>>224525899>I think they honestly believed in the tale of the "End of History" and that nothing will ever change anymore. They didn't think, or didn't want to think, that something like the war in Ukraine, the US war with Iran, Coronavirus, etc. could happen. They grew fat and complacent and now it costs us.Another boomer retardation. I seriously don't get why they're like this. It's the same mentality that American and European industrialists and capitalists had in 19th century that "the capital is infinite and we can exploit the resources forever" type of thing. Expecting that nothing will change and leaving a mess for the next generations to struggle with.>Just pretend you're sick and get a sick note from a doctor, or just pretend to be applying for jobs, and you'll be left alone.Is that why there were news of that chancellor söyjak saying doctor's notes are going to get investigated or something?>Does Iran also have neetbux like this?>I'm guessing there's some form of unemployment benefits, but limited in scope, right?Captain_Haddock_hahaha_ohwow.gif>Germans are very complacent and follow authority. Something like the protests in France could never happen here. The mentality and the people are just different. They just suck it up, get angry, and then end up voting for the extremist party of the month, hoping it will change anything.My condolences, really. That one time I was stuck in metro for 40 min because of some serious delay and the entire station was in uproar, a few fights even broke out, until things got fixed. I hate chimping out but governments and authorities only seem to understand force.>Small conbinis are always more expensive than actual big supermarkets. Other way around here.>there should be enough retirees without cars who'd pay for the convenience, but the lack of supermarkets is also an issue in Saxony-Anhalt etc., dunno why honestly.Removing competition, probably.
>>224526148>Other way around here.Huh, didn't expect that. Maybe they get their produce from smaller, local suppliers and that's why they can keep costs down?>Removing competition, probably.Yeah, might be.It was fun talking to you, I've gotta go now though. Have a good one.
>>224526423>Huh, didn't expect that. Maybe they get their produce from smaller, local suppliers and that's why they can keep costs down?Pretty much that, internal trade and local chains of supply and demand are more trustworthy and less suspectable to transport costs from big corpos and government institutions.>It was fun talking to you, I've gotta go now though. Have a good one.Same. Have a nice day, anon.
>>224521623Why not I guess. Nothing wrong with Mercantor though, there's just no way you can display a globe on a flat surface without something having to give.
>>224521623i cant see any of the stuff i care about
>>224521623Robinson getting screwed again.It has always been the superior projection.
>>224521623Why did the UN take a century to agree on something NASA has had visibility of since we could take photos in space?
