it seems like a map can be more or less distorted to its true globe counterpart. is there a way to quantify that and produce maps which optimize for least distortion (but maybe not other qualities, such as “being in one piece”)?
- he/him
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in reply to @gnar's post:
There are at least two kinds of distortion people usually measure: angle distortion, and length distortion. You can also compound these and at a larger scale measure area distortion.
You can actually get plain (unsliced) maps that minimize length or angle distortion in exchange for blowing up the other one.
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