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Wait. So all this is because he didn't realize Greenland wasn't really that big; it's just a Mercator map?!?

#US #Greenland #UsPol #Mercator

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@diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt · 5 months ago

Exciting news for fans of non-Mercator map projections: the African Union has voted to promote the Equal Earth projection which more accurately represents Africa's relative size compared to other continents.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/african-union-urges-adoption-world-101441939.html

#Geography #Geopolitics #Africa #AfricanUnion #Cartography #Mercator #GallPeters

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@diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt · 5 months ago

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/african-union-urges-adoption-world-101441939.html

#Geography #Geopolitics #Africa #AfricanUnion #Cartography #Mercator #GallPeters

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@mina@berlin.social · 6 months ago

We all know, how crappy the common #Mercator projection for world #maps represents areas, inflating them with distance from the equator.

What many people don't know, is why this projection is still so popular:

The shortest path between two points on the globe, is a straight line on the map.

I reckon, this is useful.

In all other projections, the shortest paths are curves.

In #Maths, we say, the Mercator projection preserves angles, not areas.

A world map. Countries are drawn in light blue according to the Mercator projection. Inside, in darker blue the actual sizes of the countries.

Especially in the cases of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia, the real area is only a small fraction of the apparent sizes. — A world map. Countries are drawn in light blue according to the Mercator projection. Inside, in darker blue the actual sizes of the countries. Especially in the cases of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia, the real area is only a small fraction of the apparent sizes.

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@mina@berlin.social · 6 months ago

We all know, how crappy the common #Mercator projection for world #maps represents areas, inflating them with distance from the equator.

What many people don't know, is why this projection is still so popular:

The shortest path between two points on the globe, is a straight line on the map.

I reckon, this is useful.

In all other projections, the shortest paths are curves.

In #Maths, we say, the Mercator projection preserves angles, not areas.

Information Is Beautiful

@infobeautiful@vis.social · 7 months ago

https://medium.com/enrique-dans/connectivity-is-the-key-to-africa-s-growth-94a0dd91364b

by @Medium

Map of the continent of Africa outlined in black, with various countries and regions overlaid to demonstrate their relative sizes compared to parts of Africa. The United States (in dark purple) covers a significant portion of North and West Africa. China (in red) covers a large part of Central and Southern Africa. India (in orange) is shown in East Africa. Several European countries are placed in the northwest: Spain (brown), France (purple), Germany (yellow), Italy (green), Netherlands (light purple), Belgium (dark purple), Switzerland (light blue), Portugal (light brown), and the UK (blue) is shown off the southeastern coast. Eastern Europe (blue) is situated in the northeast. Japan (yellow) is a long, narrow shape along the southeastern coast. China (smaller part in light red) and India (smaller part in light orange) are also shown in the Horn of Africa region.

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@huis@mastodon.social replied · 7 months ago

IMMAPPANCY

@infobeautiful Not only is the blogpost 15 years old…that author of the post did not do a very goog job in referencing the ‘Africa-image’ to it’s original author; http://kai.sub.blue/en/africa.html

He ‘coined’ the term “ “immappancy”, meaning in-
sufficient geographical knowledge.” adressing “the highly distorted nature of the predominantly used mapping projections (such as Mercator).”

The full map and adjoining info is avalable as a download (CC).
#kaikrause #mercator #immappancy