Who thought this projection was a good idea?
World Mercator map projection with true country size and shape added #Map #Maps #Amazingmap #Amazingmaps #Mercatorpic.twitter.com/1xHNSvEXBR
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northern countries conveniently larger than those in the south.pic.twitter.com/qsUEStBCke
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Er, nope. It's just that what you call "south" is much closer to the equator than what you call "north". Latitude-to-latitude the n/s sizes are the same.
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Mercator is like Tinder for maps, nearly everybody lying about how big they are.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Trump wants to buy Greenland because of how big he *thinks* it is
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It's actually bigger than Alaska
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mmm. Define "true". What's the one true projection?
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Original tweet says "true size and shape", makes no claim on true projection. But, to answer your question, a globe?
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