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Feb 10, 2025 11:42 PM
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Icantrecall
Ja Der Earth ist bigger than that.
jonhamsandwich11
Trollero
https://engaging-data.com/country-centered-map-projections/?c=124&cat=orthographic&angle=0
sometimesarobot
Looks about right enough to me, judging from this other random globe
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
This one is also incorrect. Alaska is and 2/3 the width of the lower 48.
hetherweaversmagic
She's not wrong
Hekatombe
But is it wrong or is it because she is used to a flat map?
mediumrarechickenstrips
Canada has the second most land mass of any country on earth, behind Russia. This globe is wrong.
Kyrorayne
That's because the focus is directly on the US. The other points become farther away and look smaller. If the POV was over the pole, you'd see that Canada's size looks correct.
hetherweaversmagic
Username checked out.
NancyReaganSchoolOfGawk
Mexico also looks rather small
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
So does Alaska
Hekatombe
So does Greenland. But that's because it is massive on a mercator projected map