The Correct Map

Notthing really new here, but a few nice resources:

1. The Correct World Map
2. The “correct” map
3. A cool scrolly-type story map: The true size of Africa
4. The Equal Earth Projection

TLDR? Here's the short version: It is mathematically impossible to transform the surface of a sphere on a 2D surface without distorting at-least one of these properties: 1) angles, 2) shapes, and 3) distances. These distortions are minor at large-scales (e.g. neighborhoods or cities), but considerable at small-scales (e.g. countries, continents, or wolrd). Catographic projections need to balance these distortions in-order to make the map as useful as possible for its intended purpose. Therefore, there is no such thing as a 'correct' map: every map is wrong, but there are well-established cartographic projections that are most-suitable for certain applications.