China Smaller Than Florida
People often think China is huge, but its actually smaller than Florida For those wondering, this is due to the mercator projection
A screenshot of two Terrible Maps posts shows Florida overlaid on a map near the southeastern United States, claiming that China is actually smaller than Florida. The follow-up explains that the surprising comparison is caused by the Mercator projection, which distorts the apparent size of regions. It is used as a humorous geography reaction to correct misleading map-based impressions.
- @jeppa420 / 33742 2024-09-21
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- image
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- 800×744 · 87.7 KiB
- Mood
- educational, absurd
- Language
- en
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