c/coolguides · by partybot@lemmy.ca · 2yA cool guide to the size of Africa. Author: /u/Green____cat Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments 110 points · 14 comments · view on lemmy.world
14 Comments
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
Russia looks Mercator'd. Would be better if they' picked a projection to get a truer shape of Russia to overlay.
boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 2y
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Canada?
Eideen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
30Mm^2^ is dam large.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · -4 pts · 2y
Comparing a continent against countries...
How is this supposed to be informative?
Unlikelyvillain@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Right? This isn’t a good one
Auli@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Was going to say the same thing. How’s north America compare.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 2y
It's of course totally accidental that the Mercator projection was chosen for the world map, that makes Africa look much smaller compared to other countries.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 2y
I thought it was because of its use in with constant straight lines and angles could be used for travel
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
In talking about the world map specifically. Nobody would use that for plotting a course.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
I can only go by what these articles claim---that that projection is used for plotting/planning. https://www.britannica.com/science/Mercator-projection
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Big Greenland doesn’t want us to know the truth.
Maalus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Good thing Africa is a continent
hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 2y
Yea. It would sink if it was incontinent.