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arrow-up12arrow-down1imageTrue continent sizesslrpnk.netboredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to Geography@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoI don’t like that Russia looks like they just took a Mercator projection and shrank to scale. Because of its shape and location, Russia is especially distorted by the Equatorial-centred Mercator. Also what’s with the “excluding Russia” footnote?
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoEurope without the part of russia that lies on the continent. But true, Russia at the equator looks like this:
I don’t like that Russia looks like they just took a Mercator projection and shrank to scale. Because of its shape and location, Russia is especially distorted by the Equatorial-centred Mercator.
Also what’s with the “excluding Russia” footnote?
Europe without the part of russia that lies on the continent.
But true, Russia at the equator looks like this:
A galloping sheep.