fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoDenominator, go Mercatormander.xyzimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
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minus-squarescala@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAnyone know of a 2D map print of true size? All I’ve found print wise is Mercator or other such variations.
minus-squareselokichtli@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI don’t know what you mean by “other such variations”, but maybe you are looking for a map with something like the Mollweide projection? That’s a bit of distortion in shape but trying to keep areas real.
minus-squarescala@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoNo, because Africa is larger than Russia, this shows Russia as massive.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAfrica: 30.3 million km² Asia: 44 million km² Nowhere near the difference Mercator projection maps make it out to be, but Asia definitely is larger.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYour original comment definitely said Asia.
Anyone know of a 2D map print of true size? All I’ve found print wise is Mercator or other such variations.
I don’t know what you mean by “other such variations”, but maybe you are looking for a map with something like the Mollweide projection? That’s a bit of distortion in shape but trying to keep areas real.
No, because Africa is larger than Russia, this shows Russia as massive.
Africa: 30.3 million km²
Asia: 44 million km²
Nowhere near the difference Mercator projection maps make it out to be, but Asia definitely is larger.
Russia*
Your original comment definitely said Asia.