杂食型蓑白（赛里斯地区的形态）Jan 27
Archaeo-Histories

The Mercator projection greatly exaggerates countries far from the equator and shrinks those near it...

Greenland is famously distorted, appearing as large as Africa, though Africa is about 14 times bigger. Canada and Russia also look much larger than they really are due to their northern latitudes. Antarctica is stretched the most, appearing enormous compared to its actual 14 million square kilometers. Northern European countries like Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are similarly inflated.

Jan 26 at 7:35amWeb
Show threadArchaeo-HistoriesJan 26
By contrast, equatorial countries such as Brazil, the DRC, and Indonesia appear smaller than their true size. Mercator preserves direction, making it useful for navigation, but heavily distorts area toward the poles.
Show threadVerainJan 26
@archaeohistories However large people claim Australia is, it's larger. Try walking home after a busy day at work, you'd think the people from Dark City had slipped a few more city blocks in!