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Feb 24, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
I'm about to launch at ten part thread on making #maps of #Coronavirus. Hang on to your #COVID19 facemasks 0/10
Coronavirus map tips 1/10 use an appropriate #projection. It's for #thematic data so needs to be equal area. Web Mercator does not support the map's purpose. Distortions lead to people over- or under-estimating size of areas relative to one another.