Madagascar Bad Map Projection

BAD MAP PROJECTION #248: MADAGASCATOR MERCATOR PROJECTION BUT WITH THE NORTH POLE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN SO IT EXAGGERATES THE SIZE OF MADAGASCAR INSTEAD OF GREENLAND INDIAN OCEAN SOMALIA ETHIOPIA KENYA TANZANIA MADAGASCAR YEMEN SAUDI ARABIA SUDAN DRC CHAD NIGERIA CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UGANDA RWANDA BURUNDI CONGO ANGOLA NAMIBIA BOTSWANA ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE SOUTH AFRICA INDIA CHINA RUSSIA JAPAN AUSTRALIA PACIFIC OCEAN CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO BRAZIL ARGENTINA ATLANTIC OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN ANTARCTICA

A humorous world map shows a distorted Mercator projection with the North Pole placed in the Indian Ocean, making Madagascar appear enormous instead of Greenland. The joke combines the familiar exaggeration of Greenland on Mercator maps with Madagascar’s exaggerated size and the pun “Madagascator.” EN: A humorous world map shows a distorted Mercator projection with the North Pole placed in the Indian Ocean, making Madagascar appear enormous instead of Greenland. The joke combines the familiar exaggeration of Greenland on Mercator maps with Madagascar’s exaggerated size and the pun “Madagascator.”

• @rzeczyzabawne / 991 2022-04-29