• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    20 hours ago

    The biggest landmass nearest to the edge is Africa (+a slight margin for human pleasure) so it probably made sense to keep that one intact for the readability of the map (cutting Alaska and Canada isn’t actually that much km²).

    • psud@aussie.zone
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      7 hours ago

      It could have been rotated slightly to move Africa away from the edge, Canada back towards the rest of the Americas, then a slight move could avoid splitting any land, and NZ could be better centred