boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to GeographyEnglish · 7 months agoTrue continent sizesslrpnk.netimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down112cross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up155arrow-down1imageTrue continent sizesslrpnk.netboredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to GeographyEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoI don’t like that Russia looks like they just took a Mercator projection and shrank to scale. Because of its shape and location, Russia is especially distorted by the Equatorial-centred Mercator. Also what’s with the “excluding Russia” footnote?
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoEurope without the part of russia that lies on the continent. But true, Russia at the equator looks like this:
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAh, I see. It’s Europe *
I don’t like that Russia looks like they just took a Mercator projection and shrank to scale. Because of its shape and location, Russia is especially distorted by the Equatorial-centred Mercator.
Also what’s with the “excluding Russia” footnote?
Europe without the part of russia that lies on the continent.
But true, Russia at the equator looks like this:
A galloping sheep.
Ah, I see. It’s
Europe *