[robinhouston]

This sort of strident campaigning language is such an unhelpful framing in which to discuss the relative merits of different map projections.

Every world map must trade off between different types of distortion. There's no principled reason to demand a map perfectly respect relative area at the expense of other characteristics.

Personally for general world maps I typically prefer so-called ‘compromise’ pseudocylindrical projections such as Robinson, which try to minimise all types of distortion as much as possible, but even the much-maligned Mercator has its place.

[Zigurd]

By some perfectly objective measure maybe it's more important to point out that white Jesus is a racist trope. But it's not a small issue either.

[bryanlarsen]

P.S. The "Equal Earth" projection they're promoting is very similar to the Robinson projection you prefer.

[robinhouston]

It’s similar in the sense that it’s a pseudocylindrical projection. Unlike Robinson it opts for a strict equal-area property at the expense of less accurate direction and distance. In that respect it’s more similar to Eckert IV. Another interesting pseudocylindrical projection is Winkel Tripel, which explicitly tries to balance three types of distortion.

I’m not objecting to the Equal Earth projection, which is a perfectly respectable contribution to the pseudocylindrical repertoire, but to the language this site is using to promote it.