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Nov 29, 2022 · Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie. We're long overdue for an accurate world map. Get the real story behind different map projections and see which one is the most accurate map of the world. D-brief. By Nathaniel Scharping.
- Nathaniel Scharping
Nov 2, 2016 · We all know most maps of the world aren't entirely accurate. For starters, Africa is way bigger than it looks, and Greenland isn't nearly so vast. But a designer in Japan has created a map that's so accurate it's almost as good as a globe, and it's probably one of the best estimations you'll see of the real size of countries.
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- What The New Map Looks Like
- Previous World Maps
The new map is essentially a flattened globe that displays the Northern Hemisphere on one side the Southern Hemisphere on the other with the equator running around its edges, resembling a vinyl record in shape, Phys.orgreports. J. Richard Gott, Robert Vanderbei and David Goldberg, a trio of map experts from Princeton and Drexel Universities, are re...
Laura Geggel, a writer for Live Science, tweeted out an image of the new two-sided mapon Feb. 23. While the new circular map features a few spacial distortions, Space.com reports that it doesn’t downsize or enlarge the areas of certain oceans or landmasses like other two-dimensional maps. Phys.orgadds that the new map features smaller distance erro...
Joshua Sokol of The New York Timeswrites that no flat map of a round world can be perfectly accurate. The act of converting a three-dimensional object into something two-dimensional inevitably introduces distortions. “If you have a Mercator projectionon your classroom walls, for example, you may grow up thinking Greenland is the size of Africa (not...
- Nate Schwartz
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The true size of nations. How big is the United States compared to Africa? How about Massachusetts compared to Estonia? Try entering the names of countries and states on this interactive map, and then dragging them around to compare them by superimposing one on top of another.
Aug 12, 2021 · Greenland, which appears as a massive icy landmass in Mercator projection, shrinks way down. The continent of Africa takes a much more prominent position in this new, correctly-scaled map. This visualization also highlights how distorted neighboring countries can look in Mercator projection.
Jun 20, 2020 · This collection of images above represents the world’s land masses in their correct proportions. Measurements are based on Google Maps 2016 and NASA Earth Observatory maps, with calculations based on the WGS84 reference ellipsoid, or more simply, a specific model of the Earth’s shape in two dimensions.
Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.
