This is a 5000km circle centered around Paris.
Found here: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=924622615693114&id=100044361527327&set=a.610868297068549
- Blahaj_Blast ( @Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 13•8 months ago
If you want to play with it yourself and compare countries.
- TheOakTree ( @TheOakTree@beehaw.org ) 2•8 months ago
TIL the US and China are about the same size.
- ChaoticNeutralCzech ( @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ) English4•8 months ago
“Always” have been. They’re at roughly the same latitude.
- bleistift2 ( @bleistift2@feddit.de ) English12•8 months ago
There are a few interactive maps you can play round with online. Search for “mercator distortion play” to find one that clicks best with you.
- infeeeee ( @infeeeee@lemm.ee ) 6•8 months ago
We have Tissot’s indicatrix to display this kind of distortion, much more universally usable than this random circle. Check wikipedia for examples, scroll down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissot’s_indicatrix
- NigelFrobisher ( @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 5•8 months ago
People on Twitter would get mad about this every few weeks like clockwork as though it was an intentional conspiracy against Africa (emphasising important places like Greenland) and classroom globes aren’t a thing.
- redballooon ( @redballooon@lemm.ee ) 2•8 months ago
But even then it looks like Greenland is still larger than Australia. Is that true?
- jonsnothere ( @jonsnothere@beehaw.org ) 3•8 months ago
The map is just the mercator projection, but it’s showing a circle to show how distorted it is. If this was shown on a globe. The circle would look like a circle and greenland would look much smaller