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World map with countries real sizes (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 weeks ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Waphles@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Which protection did you grow up with?

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[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

this one

probably this one

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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

While maybe not exactly a Mercator projection, it has the same issue of northern countries' geography being enlarged compared to countries closer to the equator. For example, Russia still looks way to big in this projection too

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