Not really. All they knew at the time was where they were. Distances were effectively measured in days of progress from one location to another. It was crucial to go in the right direction and be in the right place. A day or so variation in trip time was normal. Let's say your automobile odometer is broken and doesn't register, but you have a map. Is that a problem, or is that a "no big deal"?
Why not have accurate maps portraying the world? How many Billions does Google have invested into mapping and views of the map from projects like Google Earth? Why not just portray it correctly for educational purposes.
From what i understand you can never make an accurate map of the world without distortions because the East is a sphere.
Honestly, this is the least of our problems to worry about. Who cares what’s portrayed at the center of the world as long as people wake up to understand who has been ruling us all this time. That’s the only thing that matters.
Then use another map. There are many other projections. Since you evidently haven't been paying attention to RandomNumber's posts, you are missing the fact that the Mercator projection was devised specifically to facilitate navigation.
The distortion was to create the illusion of Christianity spreading to a much wider area in the world than reality.
But in this day and age, as far as optics are concerned, what is the real impact of this distortion?
I am just going by the content of the video.
As for travelling, wouldnt the scale distortion actually cause more problems for navigation?
Not really. All they knew at the time was where they were. Distances were effectively measured in days of progress from one location to another. It was crucial to go in the right direction and be in the right place. A day or so variation in trip time was normal. Let's say your automobile odometer is broken and doesn't register, but you have a map. Is that a problem, or is that a "no big deal"?
Is my fuel gauge operational or broken as well?
"to make u.s. look bigger and better....nailed it!
"we are the center of the world" mindset.
Why not have accurate maps portraying the world? How many Billions does Google have invested into mapping and views of the map from projects like Google Earth? Why not just portray it correctly for educational purposes.
From what i understand you can never make an accurate map of the world without distortions because the East is a sphere.
Honestly, this is the least of our problems to worry about. Who cares what’s portrayed at the center of the world as long as people wake up to understand who has been ruling us all this time. That’s the only thing that matters.
Add more water to the maps, cause its redundant. Keep the land to scale.
Thats my solution. This map we currently use doesn't make sense Logically, or for travel and navigation.
Then use another map. There are many other projections. Since you evidently haven't been paying attention to RandomNumber's posts, you are missing the fact that the Mercator projection was devised specifically to facilitate navigation.