World maps

[Your Account]

Now that we are grownups , don't you think it's weird all major maps are still in this ratio :

while reality is this :

 

[THE Red Beard]

All this further proves is the Earth is flat...

 

[ClubFoot]

 

[phoenixikki]

 

[MichiganMMA1978]

 

[Zer]

 

[BFoe]

For some reason there’s a bunch of confused emojis ITT, but I feel you TS. Yeah, it’s really fucking weird that it’s been this way for so long.
For those who don’t understand what TS is saying, the world maps we typically see are not drawn to scale. Like, in reality Africa is really fucking big for example. Canada and the U.S. on the maps are made to appear larger than they really are in relation to other countries.

 

[MRT]

Yes...to be clear, the dark regions of the 2nd map illustrates the 'true' scale, while the lighter area is what maps commonly (incorrectly) show.

i.e., the northern continents have typically been overstated relative to the southern ones...Africa is actually a fair bit larger than all of North America, Greenland is nowhere near Africa's size, etc.

 

[lsa]

All this further proves is the Earth is flat...

I always known

 

[WhiskyJack]

This thread makes me want to play risk

 

[THE Red Beard]

For some reason there’s a bunch of confused emojis ITT, but I feel you TS. Yeah, it’s really fucking weird that it’s been this way for so long.
For those who don’t understand what TS is saying, the world maps we typically see are not drawn to scale. Like, in reality Africa is really fucking big for example. Canada and the U.S. on the maps are made to appear larger than they really are in relation to other countries.
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What's all them fancy words mean? Simplfy it for us Flat Earthers.

 

[THE Red Beard]

This thread makes me want to play risk

 

[BlankaPresident]

There's no "correct" way to project a spherical surface into a rectangle.

The less distorted one is that projection that is all cut near the poles, forgot the name.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

They’re like that because the earth is flat

 

[MicroBrew]

There's no "correct" way to project a spherical surface into a rectangle.

The less distorted one is that projection that is all cut near the poles, forgot the name.

Going off memory without googling: Mercator was the originall one with the distorted regions. Can't recall what the more accurate one is.

 

[HARRISON_3]

I've been there.

 

[Karl_Hungus]

ITT, the pathetic state of American education exposed.

 

[Your Account]

Going off memory without googling: Mercator was the originall one with the distorted regions. Can't recall what the more accurate one is.

yeah, ...the mercator map...
-- since the first school days ... until today....
the map... still the one to get your first impressions on the Earth's mainland size relations ..and that's not right


https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/

 

[BlankaPresident]

yeah, ...the mercator map...
-- since the first school days ... until today....
the map... still the one to get your first impressions on the Earth's mainland size relations ..and that's not right


https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/

Absolutely loved the gif in that page.

 

[Tankeray]

Hello,

Africa is cool.

Thank you,

-Tankeray