The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoGreenland Size [xkcd]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·8 months agoAlt text: “The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small ring around the North and South Poles.”
minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·8 months agoI thought the equator was the only part that wasn’t distorted?
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up57·edit-28 months agoThey’re saying the ring around the North and South Pole is actually 1:1 scale. An inch of land is an inch of map.
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Alt text: “The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small ring around the North and South Poles.”
I thought the equator was the only part that wasn’t distorted?
They’re saying the ring around the North and South Pole is actually 1:1 scale. An inch of land is an inch of map.
Wooosh