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1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)
It is done that way to make lines along the NW and NE directions lie at 45 degrees to North/South and West/East.
If you want true areas, you have to squeeze the higher latitudes somehow. Perhaps reduce the width of the map, so that it is no longer a rectangle and the shapes get weird. Or shrink the vertical dimension of higher latitudes, accepting that a North West line, high up the map, is going to be at a shallow angle, much less than 45 degrees.
Try not to drown when the weird angles make it hard to navigate your ship :-)
If you want true areas, you have to squeeze the higher latitudes somehow. Perhaps reduce the width of the map, so that it is no longer a rectangle and the shapes get weird. Or shrink the vertical dimension of higher latitudes, accepting that a North West line, high up the map, is going to be at a shallow angle, much less than 45 degrees.
Try not to drown when the weird angles make it hard to navigate your ship :-)