Might be in relation to Africa,which is generally depicted as much smaller than reality.
Putin is having an absolute mare here
I thought it was a case of European cartographers stuffing socks in their underpants but someone else pointed out that it’s the distance from the equator that causes the distortion.
So what’s the true size of Kerry then? Place goes on for ages
Russia is so EENTSY! I bet that pisses them off.
Russia is that small?!!
Java outnumbers Russia’s population by 3 million. And I bet most people here couldn’t pinpoint Java on the map.
How come everything you’ve ever been shown or taught eventually turns out to be bullshit in some way or other?
Wow. I can’t believe that the whole world is actually smaller than my phone screen. Learn something new every day.
Even with the distortion of the Mercator projection accounted for, Ireland is in fact larger than Luxembourg, despite how some people in this country act.
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How come the countries in the southern hemisphere are mostly accurate but the northern hemisphere countries are wildly distorted?
There’s a cool site where you can compare this https://www.thetruesize.com/
Might be in relation to Africa,which is generally depicted as much smaller than reality.
Putin is having an absolute mare here
I thought it was a case of European cartographers stuffing socks in their underpants but someone else pointed out that it’s the distance from the equator that causes the distortion.
https://youtu.be/eLqC3FNNOaI
The West Wing explains it all.
So what’s the true size of Kerry then? Place goes on for ages
Russia is so EENTSY! I bet that pisses them off.
Russia is that small?!!
Java outnumbers Russia’s population by 3 million. And I bet most people here couldn’t pinpoint Java on the map.
How come everything you’ve ever been shown or taught eventually turns out to be bullshit in some way or other?
Wow. I can’t believe that the whole world is actually smaller than my phone screen. Learn something new every day.
Even with the distortion of the Mercator projection accounted for, Ireland is in fact larger than Luxembourg, despite how some people in this country act.