#Maps matter.

Australia is as big as continental USA.

Africa is bigger than USA+China+India.

As a child growing up exposed to big Mercator maps, I thought Muslims in America should face east-south-east to pray towards Mecca. Then years later my mom showed me this app that said… east-NORTH-east??? Got down the globe and… mind blown. Thanks shit maps.

So when I see Web Mercator ruling the world, I 🤮 in my mouth. Cesiumjs.org 4 eva!