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Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.
WhaleClub - @btcWhaleclub
1 week ago
@GemCrypto Have fun https://t.co/Znlu2NZWNT
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Jeremy Epstein - @jer979
1 month ago
RT @maraoz: ok, mind blown. The true size of... Argentina, next to Europe. Source: https://t.co/a0MghvyI7z https://t.co/vLsw7O2i4r
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Manuel Araoz - @maraoz
1 month ago
ok, mind blown. The true size of... Argentina, next to Europe. Source: https://t.co/a0MghvyI7z https://t.co/vLsw7O2i4r
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willothewhispers
3 months ago
At first I thought it was US on the left and Africa on the right. I was like wtf Africa is way bigger than...
Then I noticed it was India and US inside africa.
What's the third part though?
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King_Pollox
3 months ago
I think Greenland vs Australia really highlights the issue with the Mercator projection.
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piperfawn69
4 months ago
To have a correct comparison between nations drag them on the equator line.
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_Punko_
:Canada: SB100 4 months ago
The Mercator projection was never meant for area comparison. It was for navigation, as lines of bearing are straight.
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piperfawn69
4 months ago
The most astonishing deformation is Greenland. If you drag her to equator line you will see the huge difference between reality an projection.
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piperfawn69
4 months ago
Yes, Mercatore made that projection for commercial an logistic use but the results was a very inaccurate size rappresentaion. The more you go near the poles the more the nation's are "inflated". On the equator line the real size are respected.
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_Punko_
:Canada: SB100 4 months ago
TBH, the result was as intended. Unfortunately, folks who decided to use the map for a different use, find it insufficient for their needs.
Its like putting a red light in your darkroom because that works best for when you're developing film and someone complaining that they can't tell the difference between their navy blue shirt and a black shirt due to the light. Or picking up a hammer and complaining that it doesn't turn screws well. Each map projection is a different tool. Just because you don't know how to use a tool properly, or don't know the difference between the tools doesn't mean that a tool is bad.
Folks don't look at a photograph and complain that the corners of the room are different lengths when measured on the surface of the photo. why are they surprised or upset that a map - which is also a 2d represenation of 3d objects - isn't all things to all people?
folks like that scream "its not accurate!" Yes it is, its just not the tool for what whatever you're trying to do.
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nothingsacrednotes
5 months ago
It might have a bit of a glitch when you drag something past the south pole, but generally it seems accurate. Compare by measuring on a physical globe if you want.
Why do you call it "supposedly subversive"? It's just demonstrating the distortion of area when projecting from a globe to a flat surface using the mercator projection.
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tangenti
5 months ago
Good catch. I came across the site linked in an article referencing the sizes of Africa and India, compared to Europe or the British Isles. The article seemed to have subversive intent. I think I understand the distortion caused by the Mercator projection, so I was surprised that the map doesn't seem to be accurate.
Correct if I'm wrong - the entire top edge of the map is the North pole, right? So my reasoning is that no border should cross the top edge of the map, because if the sphere was reconstructed a piece of the country would be missing.
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nothingsacrednotes
5 months ago
Whatever algorithm they are using kinda breaks at the poles. It doesn't really make sense to drag something past an "edge" of what is really a globe. It seems to stretch a country across the entire top, which is kinda the best it can do.
But the purpose of the map isn't defeated due to the problem of projecting to the poles. If people's perception of size is based on the familiar mercator projection, they may be surprised by the direct comparisons made possible by this map. Whether or not that's "subversive" depends on what they do with that information.
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tangenti
5 months ago
I think it should not be possible to drag the edge of a country off of the map, but you can! Try it, and see if the scaling still makes sense to you.
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koumus
Cascavel, PR 8 months ago
Aqui tem um bom artigo comparando os 15 maiores estados do BR com países de tamanho aproximado, inclusive comparando o Paraná com a Romênia.
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popularproblems
8 months ago
Estive na Romenia há uns meses e adorei. É um bom destino para uma eurotrip barata.
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EPackie
Curitiba, PR 8 months ago
Nós somos os verdadeiros herdeiros do Império Romano. Paranaenses paranuês, uni-vos!
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Herrhenrique1991
8 months ago
Essa vibe meio União Soviética latina também, uma lingua meio parecida com português também e muita gente muito religiosa também
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Odilhao
8 months ago
Todo mundo falando um idioma parecido com o português, que você pega só algumas palavras?
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qznc_bot2
10 months ago
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
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RudegarWithFunnyHat
10 months ago
russia is the largest country
canada is the second largest country
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GiantsOfSF1958
1 year ago
The US is not a continent. It's a country within the continent of North America.
Edit: sorry I didn't read properly. You were correct.
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nw1024
1 year ago
That's actually a really nice projection on the second link, one of my favorite among the infinite options
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servical
1 year ago
Mine too, everything pretty much looks as it should, except for the oceans getting torn open. You could literally just cut around the outline and make a "globe" out of it.
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nw1024
1 year ago
Totally, I can easily imagine the ocean edges as "pac-man borders" and just teleport from one side to the other.
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QuisCustodet
1 year ago
If this is news to you, wait until you find out how big Africa actually is
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andrew_702
1 year ago
You can't trick me with this globe nonsense. Everybody knows the Earth is flat.
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