The Picard Maneuver to Comic Strips@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agoGreenland Size [xkcd]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]linkfedilink47•1 year agoAlt text: “The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small ring around the North and South Poles.”
minus-square@Gigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•1 year agoI thought the equator was the only part that wasn’t distorted?
minus-squareroguetricklinkfedilink48•edit-21 year agoThey’re saying the ring around the North and South Pole is actually 1:1 scale. An inch of land is an inch of map.
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Alt text: “The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small ring around the North and South Poles.”
I thought the equator was the only part that wasn’t distorted?
They’re saying the ring around the North and South Pole is actually 1:1 scale. An inch of land is an inch of map.