Looks better but is basically unusable for navigation in any sense. Mercator at least preserves direction but not size. Robinson preserves nothing. It combines all the drawbacks without adding any advantages except “looks nice”. Which is actually the philosophy of the projection:
I visualized the best-looking shapes and sizes. I worked with the variables until it got to the point where, if I changed one of them, it didn’t get any better. Then I figured out the mathematical formula to produce that effect.
Who uses a full sized world map for navigation? This isn’t the Golden Age of Piracy. You’d have local maps that don’t have any distortion since they’re at a much narrower field of view.
Looks better but is basically unusable for navigation in any sense. Mercator at least preserves direction but not size. Robinson preserves nothing. It combines all the drawbacks without adding any advantages except “looks nice”. Which is actually the philosophy of the projection:
I can respect that. 10/10 no notes.
When’s the last time you used a map for navigation?
Who uses a full sized world map for navigation? This isn’t the Golden Age of Piracy. You’d have local maps that don’t have any distortion since they’re at a much narrower field of view.
Something like we used in the army like this:
Every day? But not at the scale where I need to view the whole globe
I’ll have to avoid that map the next time I’m sailing across the Pacific, then.