Visualization of Mercator distortion
This is a 5000km circle centered around Paris.
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Top 10 worst circles I've seen in my life.
You can't do that!
Why?
Because it's freaking me out!
This is great, thank you for sharing 😂
https://www.thetruesize.com
If you want to play with it yourself and compare countries.
I believe in Greenland supremacy and none of your "science", "facts" or "topology" will prove me otherwise
Greenland=Bestland
Also Greenland isn't even orange.
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.
Thank you for this!
That's really crazy!
We 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%27s_indicatrix
But even then it looks like Greenland is still larger than Australia. Is that true?
womp womp
People 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.