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Originally posted by brndksk
It's bigger than the USA! |
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Originally posted by brndksk
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Originally posted by Cobrastyle.
It's really not. Maps are inaccurate in proportions. Here's a more accurate map:
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Originally posted by brndksk
That does not look accurate.  |
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Originally posted by fabbriche
It's because of mercator projection. Countries near both poles appear larger in a map than countries near the equator. This projection doesn't preserve relative sizes.
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Originally posted by J a y
I've just learnt about Mercator projection 
You too? ATRL School. |
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Originally posted by brndksk
Who should I trust Google or you?
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Originally posted by Tantei
I'm so confused right now...so the size of a country in relation to others is actually not accurate on a map?  |
MESS at you not knowing the common flat map of the world is INACCURATE. Just because it's a MAP and Google made it doesn't mean it's absolutely perfect.
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Originally posted by Music.ology
No, it's not! Flat maps are usually out of proportion when it comes to show how big the north pole or south pole are. If you have any doubt just google how big the area land is, for example:
Greenland: 836,300 sq miles (2.166 million kmē)
US: 3.794 million sq miles (9.827 million kmē)
China: 3.748 million sq miles (9.707 million kmē)
Russia: 6.602 million sq miles (17.1 million kmē)
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^ This is the true tea. Greenland is like 1/4 the size of the US but on the map it looks like it's almost as big.
