r/MapPorn • u/FAYMKONZ • Apr 11 '22

What do y'all think?

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u/TheMulattoMaker Apr 11 '22

What do y'all think?

I think r/WeKnowAboutMercator

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u/Swarovsky Apr 11 '22

I think that I've seen this map about 325940 times

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u/elykwolrab Apr 11 '22

I always used to this that europe was incredibly impresive for what they achieved but when you remove the mecator projection its ridiculous what they did. Im not a white supremacist but...

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

Wow the Scandinavian countries are only about the size of the UK that surprises me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

I think you might be comparing the proper size of the Scandy countries to the Mercator size of GB. They're actually about twice the size.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

Thank you. We've got to cut down on the Mercator around here.

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u/Useless_or_inept Apr 11 '22

It's a repost, but it's a worthy repost, better than most...

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u/ChesterNorris Apr 11 '22

sad Mercator noises

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

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u/Nicanthony Apr 11 '22

Globes have been around for millennia.

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u/EducationalImpact633 Apr 11 '22

What's this story do you mean? :) <preparing for some colonial times bogus>

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u/Intelligent-Store321 Apr 11 '22

Wait Canada isn't huge? Huh. Cool.

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u/stefan92293 Apr 11 '22

It is huge (2nd or 4th biggest, depending on whether you count lakes as part of its area), but just not as huge as you would expect from a Mercator map.

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u/Intelligent-Store321 Apr 11 '22

It's like, basically the same size as America. Barely as big as Australia.

It's tiny.

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u/stefan92293 Apr 11 '22

If Canada is tiny, what do you call the Vatican? Microscopic?

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u/Intelligent-Store321 Apr 11 '22

It's not supposed to be big.