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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!
What is true size of countries? True size of countries is a free map website that shows the true size of each country on the Mercator projection. The projection was created in 1569 and was adopted due to its large use in sea travel.
Interactive 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.
Nov 19, 2018 · This interactive map shows the real size of countries on a mercator projection map. The animation shows some countries shrinking to show their true size.
4 days ago · While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.
Aug 27, 2019 · This clever animation by Neil Kaye, a climate data scientist at the Met Office - the United Kingdom's national weather service - shows what the Mercator Projection would look like if it depicted...
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Aug 10, 2016 · One consequence of doing this was to make countries along the Equator appear smaller than they really are. Nations to the far north or south of the Equator appear much larger. When Russia is selected on the map, the landmass appears huge.
