Comment by willtemperley

Web Mercator does not preserve angles.

We're currently forced to use a projection that is strictly worse than what it was based on, the Mercator projection, created in 1569.

Everyone on this thread needs to read this presentation entitled "Use Literally Anything But Web Mercator":

https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/en-us/events/conf...

Let's say that a bit louder shall we:

USE LITERALLY ANYTHING BUT WEB MERCATOR.