Make Map Icons with Orthographic Projections

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Very nice result. You can also do the same in QGIS, this blog post shows off using orthographic projection for other goals: https://www.statsmapsnpix.com/2019/09/globe-projections-and-...

The mercator projection on the macOS internet recovery loading screen stresses me.

I have a friend/former colleague who kept that gif handy just to drive me nuts as the resident cartographer.