<div dir="auto"><a href="https://proj.org/en/stable/operations/projections/eqearth.html">https://proj.org/en/stable/operations/projections/eqearth.html</a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 6 Sept 2026, 00:30 Mircea Neacsu via PROJ, <<a href="mailto:proj@lists.osgeo.org">proj@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-7267716840998565143WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">It’s not everyday that issues related to map projections make it to main page of major news sites (see for instance <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different | CNN</a>). Too me it’s very similar to the old Peters, or Gall-Peters projection debacle. In this context, do you think it is worthwhile adding the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Earth_projection" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Equal Earth projection</a> to PROJ, or is it just an exercise in futility?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">To <a href="https://www.religion-online.org/article/social-consciousness-and-world-maps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">quote John P. Snyder</a>: “A simplistic approach to the problems of map projection can result in misleading solutions.”<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-- <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Mircea Neacsu<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">E: <a href="mailto:mircea@neacsu.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">mircea@neacsu.net</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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