978 After 2 nights of glorious RNC magic, Trump will not only win a 538 electoral vote landslide... he may be expanding the map like never before. GREENLAND is trending RED! (media.patriots.win) MAGA posted 235 days ago by muy_libre 235 days ago by muy_libre +978 / -0 30 comments share 30 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (30) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 6 ▼ – LeftiesAreTheRacists 6 points 235 days ago +6 / -0 I have to admit I didn't find out until a few months ago the map was a lie and greenland is actually pretty smol. South America is actually 9x bigger than it and Africa is 15x bigger than it, now compare them on that BS map lmao. permalink save report block reply ▲ 6 ▼ – TriathlonTodd3 6 points 235 days ago +6 / -0 It's a casualty of trying to project the surface of a spheroid onto a rectangle permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 4 ▼ – LeftiesAreTheRacists 4 points 235 days ago +4 / -0 Yes. But I think they could have taught us the distorted map in school. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – ModernKnight 3 points 235 days ago +3 / -0 Did your school not have globes? We had globes in a few classrooms, mainly to show the problems of sphere/rectangle maps. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – deleted 2 points 235 days ago +2 / -0 ▲ 1 ▼ – I_Used_to_be_me 1 point 235 days ago +1 / -0 Here's a pretty good 'to-scale' global map, for anyone interested (I'm kind of a map-nerd and have a collection of them, and globes, too... not sure why lol): https://www.newsweek.com/true-scale-map-world-shows-how-big-countries-really-are-1183386 Edit: here's another good one: https://www.indy100.com/article/map-earth-projection-mercator-gall-peters-authagraph-accuracy-area-globe-fold-7395716 permalink parent save report block reply
I have to admit I didn't find out until a few months ago the map was a lie and greenland is actually pretty smol. South America is actually 9x bigger than it and Africa is 15x bigger than it, now compare them on that BS map lmao.
It's a casualty of trying to project the surface of a spheroid onto a rectangle
Yes. But I think they could have taught us the distorted map in school.
Did your school not have globes? We had globes in a few classrooms, mainly to show the problems of sphere/rectangle maps.
Here's a pretty good 'to-scale' global map, for anyone interested (I'm kind of a map-nerd and have a collection of them, and globes, too... not sure why lol): https://www.newsweek.com/true-scale-map-world-shows-how-big-countries-really-are-1183386
Edit: here's another good one: https://www.indy100.com/article/map-earth-projection-mercator-gall-peters-authagraph-accuracy-area-globe-fold-7395716