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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

Top 10 worst circles I've seen in my life.

[–] PaupersSerenade 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is great, thank you for sharing 😂

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.thetruesize.com

If you want to play with it yourself and compare countries.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe in Greenland supremacy and none of your "science", "facts" or "topology" will prove me otherwise

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Greenland=Bestland

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also Greenland isn't even orange.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But even then it looks like Greenland is still larger than Australia. Is that true?

[–] loaExMachina 6 points 1 year ago
[–] darcy 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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.