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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

I think equal area maps make a lot of sense, but the one I’ve seen promoted in the past as “fair” is the Peters Projection which is quite frankly trash.

It was designed to preserve angles at the equator, and as a consequence all the shapes at higher latitudes are badly squished in the vertical.

If there has to be distortion to preserve areas, it should squish in both dimensions and try to optimize shapes around the middle latitudes.