[discostu]

That’s basically what the article says. The Mercator is good for navigation and not much else. There’s no reason for that to be the “default” world map, something more accurate would be good, especially used in school texts.

[Paladin2]

Best to teach kids using a globe.

[lightman]

The Mercator is good for navigation and not much else.

The Mercator was great for instilling fear of the allegedly supposedly behemoth Soviet Russia into elementary school children in the '50s and '60s.