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Visualization of Mercator distortion(feddit.de)

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redballooon@lemm.ee
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But even then it looks like Greenland is still larger than Australia. Is that true?

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loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
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No

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jonsnothere@beehaw.org
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The map is just the mercator projection, but it’s showing a circle to show how distorted it is. If this was shown on a globe. The circle would look like a circle and greenland would look much smaller

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