Comment on Princeton astrophysicists re-imagine world map (2021)parentComments−amitparikh2yThe "projection" can be centered on any arbitrary point, actually. See https://vanderbei.princeton.edu/planets_webgl/GottPlanets.ht...−arijun2ySo can the Mercator projection (or any projection really). Why is the author complaining about the California-Japan distance when they can just recenter near there?Point being, recentering is not the answer.
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The "projection" can be centered on any arbitrary point, actually. See https://vanderbei.princeton.edu/planets_webgl/GottPlanets.ht...
So can the Mercator projection (or any projection really). Why is the author complaining about the California-Japan distance when they can just recenter near there?
Point being, recentering is not the answer.