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💧🌏 Greg Cocks Aug 25, 2025

#AfricanUnion Joins Calls To End Use Of #Mercator Map That Shrinks Continent’s Size
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/african-union-true-size-world-map-replace-mercator-version <-- shared media article
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[just a reminder that the Mercator projection was developed in 1569 for use in marine navigation, so as to utilise “rhumb line[s],… a path on the Earth's surface that crosses all meridians of longitude at the same constant angle, allowing for a steady compass bearing to be followed.” (this is most specifically NOT pedantry!)
Glad that the suggested projection to make – rightly – the size of Africa be accurately represented is Equal Earth (https://equal-earth.com/, 4th figure) - rather than the (1) gross shapes distortion and (2) (erroneous) ‘socially concerned groups’ baggage that has been attached to the Gall-Peters projection]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Africa #size #truesize #accurate #representation #stereotypes #CorrectTheMap #marine #navigation #campaign #equalearth #projection #shape #mapprojection #education #continent
#AfricaNoFilter #SpeakUpAfrica

Education & Knowledge Jul 7, 2025

How Huge Brazil Really Is 🤯 The True Size 🌎

https://tube.blueben.net/w/vQhtX5YuWBzBweokT87u9H

How Huge Brazil Really Is 🤯 The True Size 🌎

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HïMY SYeD🟩

Jan 2, 2025

Canada's True Size ?

https://www.thetruesize.com/#?borders=1

| #Canada #TrueSize

Compare Countries With This Simple Tool

Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.

The True Size

30YrdScreamer Feb 23, 2024

#alaska superimposed over #UK and #europe

#maps #countries #TrueSize

virkon Nov 18, 2023

Very cool and extremely useful webpage to get a perspective on the real sizes of countries. https://www.thetruesize.com

#realSize #trueSize

Compare Countries With This Simple Tool

Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.

The True Size

didib_photo 📷Apr 6, 2023

Spannend, danke @bsm fürs Teilen! #Ländervergleich nach tatsächlicher, geometrisch korrekter Flächenberechnung ohne Erdkrümmung:

https://www.thetruesize.com

PS: Nicht auf „START“ klicken, das ist nicht nötig! Nur oben Länder eingeben.

Auf meinem Bild habe ich mal versucht, mit unsereiner 🇨🇭 zu vergleichen. Von links nach rechts: #Irland, #CostaRica, #Schweiz, #Israel, #Taiwan, #Portugal.

#truesize #compare #world #worldmap #map #countries #Weltkarte #Vergleich #Statistik #Länder #Welt #Karte

Compare Countries With This Simple Tool

Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.

The True Size

Frank Schindelbeck Nov 26, 2022

Da freut sich der #Geograph: auf der verlinkten Website kann man Ländergrößen optisch vergleichen, in dem man sie auf einem gleichen #Breitengrad anordnet. Setzt man sie beispielsweise nebeneinander auf den #Äquator, bekommt man einen realistischen Blick auf kleine Fuzzel-Länder wie #Österreich oder auch #Deutschland und hat einen Eindruck, wie groß #Russland gegenüber der #Ukraine ist.

#Geography #Geography #Mercatorprojektion #Karten #Maps #truesize

https:\\thetruesize.com

Jordi Fusté Nov 23, 2022

PARA PENSAR 🤔
El verdadero tamaño de cada idioma del mundo.

Tendemos a pensar en el inglés como la lengua franca internacional, la más grande, cuando la práctica numérica apunta hacia el chino. El mapa solo cuenta a los hablantes nativos en cada país del mundo. https://magnet.xataka.com/un-mundo-fascinante/verdadero-taman-cada-idioma-mundo-ilustrado-este-estupendo-grafico-1 vía @magnet_es #trueSize #language #world #map #nativeSpeakers

El verdadero tamaño de cada idioma del mundo, ilustrado en este estupendo gráfico

Las fronteras se cuentan entre las creaciones humanas más fascinantes. El punto exacto en el que elegimos diferenciarnos los unos de los otros tiene mucho de...