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by notachatbot123 185 days ago
That map projection is the worst choice possible. It makes Russia appear much larger in relation to e. g. Africa than it really is.
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> That map projection is the worst choice possible.

For navigation, the Mercator projection is useful, because a straight line on the chart is where you go with a constant bearing. Aerial navigation is waypoint/bearing/waypoint/bearing. So most aviation maps are Mercator.