Deceptive projection

Sep 7, 2021 8:05 AM

DrKonrad

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Actual surface areas (millions km²):

USA: 9.834
Europe: 10.18
China: 9.597
Russia: 17.13
Antarctica: 14.2

PS: I know I'm comparing countries and continents... It's just to give an idea.PS2: don't believe any planar projection. The Earth is actually round, almost spherical.

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But how big is the turtle?..

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

the map is a lie.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Australia 7.692 million km² but Antartica was 14.2? Would say this map is rather deceptive too...

4 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

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True - 2D approximations of a curved surface can EITHER be useful for navigation OR display area sizes accurately, but NOT BOTH.

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Interesting New Zealand compared to say Svalbard, roughly the same 'size' but not?!

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ireland, New Zealand and Madagascar the only ones not frontin

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