[agos]

where should things "move along" towards? the mercator projector has some very important features, what would be the alternative?

[standardUser]

National Geographic maps use the Winkel tripel projection:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkel_tripel_projection

[flohofwoe]

I already posted it somewhere above, but this is the world map we used in school in the 1980's, definitely much less 'radical' than Mercator:

https://i.redd.it/xcydn8owtzj61.jpg

[kzrdude]

That is or is very similar to Winkel tripel

[kzrdude]

The projection is used way more often than those features are needed, so use other alternatives like <favourite projection here> anytime you reasonably can.

[bagels]

Dymaxion.