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How the World Map Looks Wildly Different Than You Think

submitted by bobknight33

8 years 3 months 1 week ago

All of us have seen a world map at some point in our lives before, but it is very difficult to imagine how certain countries and parts of the world compare to each other in size that are far apart. In this video, I explore why the world looks very different than how it is portrayed in the Mercator Projection map. I then go on to explore how certain countries are unexpectedly larger or smaller than what they appear to be, and how some places looks wildly different than our perceptions.

PS; Don't totally hate on the Mercator Projection, it's actually a really useful map for navigation and on keeping the correct shape of countries while sacrificing the size that we can all laugh about!

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Russia compared to Africa @3:50 looks crazy and Greenland comparisons @4:30 looks pretty wacky.

Bad title. The world map looks exactly the way that I think.

Mandatory West Wing reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVX-PrBRtTY

I am in general ashamed of the actions of British Empire, but seeing this video sort of gave me renewed appreciation for what it actually accomplished.

http://thetruesize.com/

In short, fuck mercator

Well, not really. If you're navigating using a compass, then the Mercator projection has the really neat trick of making the rhumb lines straight while keeping coasts recognisable. It's just not a good projection for general purpose uses (unlike the Waterman Butterfly).

In short, fuck mercator

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