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fliryesterday at 5:01 PM1 replyview on HN

An image of earth at very roughly 4cmx4cm resolution? (If I've knocked the zero's off correctly)


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aidenn0today at 1:57 AM

Each pixel would represent roughly 16cm^2 using a cylindrical equal-area projection. They would only be square at the equator though (representing less distance E-W and more distance N-S as you move away from the equator).

No projection of a sphere on a rectangle can preserve both direction and area.