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Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 years ago

Visualization of Mercator distortion

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Visualization of Mercator distortion

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Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 years ago

This is a 5000km circle centered around Paris.

Found here: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=924622615693114&id=100044361527327&set=a.610868297068549

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https://www.thetruesize.com

If you want to play with it yourself and compare countries.
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  TIL the US and China are about the same size.
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    “Always” have been. They’re at roughly the same latitude.

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