I’ll save you from the “apeeling” map jokes. But seriously, this juicy map created by Chris Whong is a humorous insight into the distortion caused by Web Mercator.
Visualizing the Distortion of WebMercator Maps with an Orange Peel
Most modern web maps use a projected coordinate system known as “Web Mercator”, aka EPSG 3857, which represents the surface of the earth as flat square, divided into several smaller squares depending…
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