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Especially USA, Alaska, Canada and Russia, not to forget Greenland!
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It's a good point actually. This effect is inevitable, as we are dealing with a 3D sphere mapped to a 2D plane, but why isn't Europe and North America in the focus with their original sizes? I bet it's possible to create a vaguely, somewhat distorted map that depicts the countries in their original sizes.
[Here](https://www.newsweek.com/true-scale-map-world-shows-how-big-countries-really-are-1183386)'s one of those maps, but they are never shown.
[Here](https://www.newsweek.com/true-scale-map-world-shows-how-big-countries-really-are-1183386)'s one of those maps, but they are never shown.
The issue is that distorts the angles of countries, making it harder to navigate for setting sail. Much easier to use a protractor on a piece of paper than a globe
The whole point of the projection is so that lines of longitude have constant distance from each other.
This is so that with a map, a sextant, and a watch, you can correctly navigate shortest distance paths across the globe.
That's it. The map is that way because of boats. Trying to read more or less into it is retarded.
This is so that with a map, a sextant, and a watch, you can correctly navigate shortest distance paths across the globe.
That's it. The map is that way because of boats. Trying to read more or less into it is retarded.
… in public chool… mhmmm
It’s a PROJECTION, and why would Europeans depict Russia, USA, Canada, Greenland larger? So much for your colonialism…
It’s a PROJECTION, and why would Europeans depict Russia, USA, Canada, Greenland larger? So much for your colonialism…
It's a little off; look at how the Canadian border is shorter than the American side. Russian also looks smaller than it should be.
I get your point but I can't unsee it.
I get your point but I can't unsee it.
It is done that way to make lines along the NW and NE directions lie at 45 degrees to North/South and West/East.
If you want true areas, you have to squeeze the higher latitudes somehow. Perhaps reduce the width of the map, so that it is no longer a rectangle and the shapes get weird. Or shrink the vertical dimension of higher latitudes, accepting that a North West line, high up the map, is going to be at a shallow angle, much less than 45 degrees.
Try not to drown when the weird angles make it hard to navigate your ship :-)
If you want true areas, you have to squeeze the higher latitudes somehow. Perhaps reduce the width of the map, so that it is no longer a rectangle and the shapes get weird. Or shrink the vertical dimension of higher latitudes, accepting that a North West line, high up the map, is going to be at a shallow angle, much less than 45 degrees.
Try not to drown when the weird angles make it hard to navigate your ship :-)
This is fucking cringe and retarded, who tf upvotes this its embarrasing.
Its what happens when you map the surface of a sphere to a plane, thats all
Its what happens when you map the surface of a sphere to a plane, thats all
Huh. Interesting. Distorted Russia looks massive, like it could cover africa and have room to spare.
This is probably more because tring to depict a round thing on a map leads to distortion, rather than anything political related.
This is probably more because tring to depict a round thing on a map leads to distortion, rather than anything political related.
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