I’ll try to do a river EqualA, i’ve Already spent way too much time using a personal equal earth river base that i may as well do it
Equirectangular is mathematically simple at the expense of being good for anything
Nah, it's mainly because of many standard projections being based in Greenwich. The only real reason you'd use the pacific-centre is really to show a Japan-centric world, as I find having the centre at the IDL usually splits Eurasia between both sides of the map, or distorts it quite wackily.How easy is it for someone to change equalX to an infinitely tiling map? Or to change the centre of the map so as to avoid eurocentrism? If I wanted to make a map showing Japanese possessions in WW2 and also use this same map to show the Battle of the Atlantic the only choice I have is using equirectangular maps.
The popularity of nontilable maps with no alternative centre on this forum speaks to the homogeneity of both users and of interests. Chinese, Japanese, and even maps in Oceania whose users use this site are not centred on London.
The only real reason you'd use the pacific-centre is really to show a Japan-centric world, as I find having the centre at the IDL usually splits Eurasia between both sides of the map, or distorts it quite wackily.
Hi, no clue if anyone is still interested in this, but I'm working on an Inkscape SVG of a Pacific-Centered map. My original goal was to make a Future History Map/TL showing a Cold War between America and China, but I decided to first make a basemap that everybody can use.