The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.
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Greenland Looks So Huge on Maps, Here’s the Distortion That’s Been Trickling Us All Along!
Greenland appears much larger than it actually is on most world maps, thanks to the Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style. A recent study reveals how this distortion influences our perception ...
Every flat map sacrifices some geographical properties. Equal Earth preserves relative land area, while Mercator's navigational advantages come with increasingly severe area distortion towards the ...
Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.
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