As a new zealander this is my favourite map projection anyway <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection#/media/File:Peirce_quincuncial_projection_SW_20W.JPG" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peirce_quincuncial_projection#...</a>
I guess this is a domain specific issue? Right here in Australia, I know that Tasmanians are regularly upset at being left off even localised maps of Australia. I am sure other countries have small islands or principalities who get left off due to time/scale/space constraints.<p>I also recall that when growing up in Malaysia, our school books always had maps of the world with Malaysia itself being at the center of the page, and usually scaled up to be proportionally far bigger that it really is in comparison to its neighbouring countries?<p>Maybe that is is though - perhaps the Lamberts conformal orthogonic projection will make the very southern latitude New Zealand look almost as big as Australia and other powerful countries? Can't have that for a "mostly harmless" country - one of the few countries in the world with NO Navy or Air Force... ;) (For the record, I have visited, and LOVE NZ).<p>EDIT: Apologies to NZ HNers about the 'no navy or air force' comment - it appears I was misinformed by the former NZAF pilot I met at a bar in Auckland on one of my trips there. :)
> Most world maps use the Mercator projection. This 16th-century projection leaves New Zealand in the bottom right-hand corner of the world, and places Europe in the center.<p>That's not intrinsic to a Mercator projection...
I'm a kiwi who has lived in North America for over a decade. It's astounding to me how many people I've met have no idea where New Zealand is or believe it is near Scandinavia or Iceland - I'm not sure that issue is due to NZ missing from a map occasionally though! Likewise with the number of people who believe New Zealand is really part of Australia.
There is a funny blog dedicated to this topic:<p><a href="http://worldmapswithout.nz" rel="nofollow">http://worldmapswithout.nz</a>
Successful advertising campaign? Wasn't expecting it to turn up here!<p><a href="https://mashable.com/2018/05/01/get-new-zealand-on-the-map/" rel="nofollow">https://mashable.com/2018/05/01/get-new-zealand-on-the-map/</a>