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I don’t like that Russia looks like they just took a Mercator projection and shrank to scale. Because of its shape and location, Russia is especially distorted by the Equatorial-centred Mercator.
Also what’s with the “excluding Russia” footnote?
Europe without the part of russia that lies on the continent.
But true, Russia at the equator looks like this:
A galloping sheep.
Ah, I see. It’s
Europe *
All those countries are in-continent.
Except for the one with Europe. It’s semi-continent in-continent
I think the contiguous US like in the picture is more like 8m km² isn’t it? 9.8 must be counting Alaska, Hawaii and maybe the territories.
www.thetruesize.com is a fun interactive website for seeing how Mercator maps lie.
What’s your preferred projection?
To say that Mercator “lies” is to misrepresent the complications of projecting a 3 dimensional object onto a 2 dimensional surface. All projections “lie” in this sense because they’re simplifications of reality - that’s what a map is.
A globe, Apple Maps, or Google Earth
Yes, you’re very clever.
This isn’t an answer, it’s a dodge.
Mercator is the most accessible paper map. The Authagraph is the most accurate due to low distortion. It’s not listed in the comic, and can be confusing to use as a learning tool.
The real question is why are you so committed to flat maps in the digital age? I don’t even understand why Google Maps doesn’t correct to a spheroid when zoomed out like Apple Maps, requiring users to download Google Earth for accurate representation of land mass size comparison.
As opposed to the False Size of Africa
Literally what the Mercator projection is
