Ellinia 🍰Dec 2, 2019
rvihe didnt mention Africa
Yeah, but I did
Dec 2, 2019·2 repliesCanada is so stupid
Dec 2, 2019
VOTE FOR KANYEwe really live on a small f***ing planet thats crazy
Ridiculously tiny when you consider the size of other s*** in the galaxy and in the universe
Dec 2, 2019·1 replyOur world has a lot of dents instead of being perfectly sphere shaped iirc
Dec 2, 2019·1 replyPeople ITT really offended about maps making some countries bigger than others when its just because the latitude of the Earth doesn't translate directly to a flat surface, thereby making northern countries seem larger
- Dec 2, 2019
is it possible for the world to be built like a snow globe?
not saying I believe in this but hey man
Eddie Bravo Laugh
Dec 2, 2019·1 replyNakedBalenciagaCanada is so stupid
hey
Nessy 🦎Dec 2, 2019·1 replyElliniaI mean yeah. Africa is huge. You can fit all of China, India, the US, all of eastern Europe, the UK, France, Spain & Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany and Japan in there and still have room left.
Most western maps inflate their own and some asian countries. Supposedly it's to fit more cities and detail into those countries since they're considered more important since 'we live there' but that's a load of crap. If that were the case Russia, Greenland, Scandinavia etc. where there's not that much cities and towns wouldn't be so inflated but yet they are.
It's because these countries try to build the illusion that they're bigger than they really are, and clearly many people believe it.
False. It’s only the type of projection used back then that makes countries near the equator smaller, why would europeans show a smaller africa on purpose if they owned the place? The bigger their empire the better they’d look
Dec 2, 2019
Americana 2OP forgot that a round object cannot be perfectly portrayed on a flat surface
Implying the earth isn’t flat :travlaff:
Dec 2, 2019What
is this f***ing real??- Dec 2, 2019·1 reply
Africa and south america won
- Dec 2, 2019
Also the usa is f***ing small, wtf
- Dec 2, 2019BLIP
naw I know that, it's not the point
point is everyone looks at maps and doesn't realize how distorted it is
Thought it was known it was distorted and skewed
- Dec 2, 2019·1 reply
woah russia is actually an island?
Dec 2, 2019IKARUS2020Africa and south america won
- Ellinia 🍰Dec 2, 2019Nessy
False. It’s only the type of projection used back then that makes countries near the equator smaller, why would europeans show a smaller africa on purpose if they owned the place? The bigger their empire the better they’d look
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Used back when? The countries aren't made smaller, that's their true size. I haven't said anything about making Africa smaller.
- Dec 2, 2019Sucuk
woah russia is actually an island?
Nah b they're just disconnected in the smaller presentation within the general bigger presentation
Russia is still connected to the continent
- Dec 2, 2019NakedBalenciaga
Canada is so stupid
- Ellinia 🍰Dec 2, 2019·1 replythenewjimmorrison
People ITT really offended about maps making some countries bigger than others when its just because the latitude of the Earth doesn't translate directly to a flat surface, thereby making northern countries seem larger
There's many world map projections that actually do map the countries size more accurate to reality on a flat surface.
What you say is true, but that doesn't mean there's not something to gain from the illusion of the Mercator projection. It was used for navigation to begin with so it's wide usage in education when it's deceptive to people who clearly don't know better is weird af to me. It'd be naive to think there's no political aspect to people only knowing this particular map as truth imo. Atlasses have actually been refraining from using it for this very reason, as it distorts people's worldview and perception of importance of certain countries.
Still, people in general believe this map to be scaled to true size. I've never learned otherwise in school either. That's why I generally prefer classrooms to just have a literal globe instead of a map, because a map can be distorted to the makers likings.
- Dec 2, 2019Ellinia
There's many world map projections that actually do map the countries size more accurate to reality on a flat surface.
What you say is true, but that doesn't mean there's not something to gain from the illusion of the Mercator projection. It was used for navigation to begin with so it's wide usage in education when it's deceptive to people who clearly don't know better is weird af to me. It'd be naive to think there's no political aspect to people only knowing this particular map as truth imo. Atlasses have actually been refraining from using it for this very reason, as it distorts people's worldview and perception of importance of certain countries.
Still, people in general believe this map to be scaled to true size. I've never learned otherwise in school either. That's why I generally prefer classrooms to just have a literal globe instead of a map, because a map can be distorted to the makers likings.
Yea i agree its odd that this map is still used in schools but I myself was taught in elementary school that a flat map is distorted and the more accurate one was a globe which is why i always assumed most people knew this as well.
- Dec 2, 2019Dankmustard Mobile
hey
Im sorry mustard
Dec 2, 2019What the f*** my life is a lie
Dec 2, 2019Canada with another L
- Dec 2, 2019
This just confirms my genius because I always knew Russia had way too much damn land for that s*** to be real and would tell my teachers that s***
- Dec 2, 2019·1 replyWater Giver
Our world has a lot of dents instead of being perfectly sphere shaped iirc
it's too insignificant to really see but the overall shape is somewhat ellipsoidal rather than spherical
here's an idea of where the dents and 'pokes' are. The one below is exaggerated by a factor of ten thousand for effect
