Visualization of Mercator distortion
Visualization of Mercator distortion
This is a 5000km circle centered around Paris.
Found here: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=924622615693114&id=100044361527327&set=a.610868297068549
Top 10 worst circles I've seen in my life.
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This is great, thank you for sharing 😂
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If you want to play with it yourself and compare countries.
24TIL the US and China are about the same size.
2“Always” have been. They're at roughly the same latitude.
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I believe in Greenland supremacy and none of your "science", "facts" or "topology" will prove me otherwise
21Greenland=Bestland
4Also Greenland isn't even orange.
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There are a few interactive maps you can play round with online. Search for “mercator distortion play” to find one that clicks best with you.
18Thank you for this!
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That's really crazy!
6We have Tissot's indicatrix to display this kind of distortion, much more universally usable than this random circle. Check wikipedia for examples, scroll down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissot's_indicatrix
6But even then it looks like Greenland is still larger than Australia. Is that true?
2No
6The map is just the mercator projection, but it's showing a circle to show how distorted it is. If this was shown on a globe. The circle would look like a circle and greenland would look much smaller
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womp womp
1People on Twitter would get mad about this every few weeks like clockwork as though it was an intentional conspiracy against Africa (emphasising important places like Greenland) and classroom globes aren’t a thing.
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