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Visualization of Mercator distortion

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Visualization of Mercator distortion

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Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 年前

This is a 5000km circle centered around Paris.

Found here: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=924622615693114&id=100044361527327&set=a.610868297068549

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But even then it looks like Greenland is still larger than Australia. Is that true?
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  The map is just the mercator projection, but it’s showing a circle to show how distorted it is. If this was shown on a globe. The circle would look like a circle and greenland would look much smaller

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