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World map with countries real sizes (i.redd.it)
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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

Well not really true size but closer.

All projections have distortion since you are placing a 3-D sphere (not even a true sphere) onto a flat surface.

Mercator is a garbage projection though