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Visualization of Mercator distortion

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Visualization of Mercator distortion

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This is a 5000km circle centered around Paris.

Found here: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=924622615693114&id=100044361527327&set=a.610868297068549

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    2 years ago

    https://www.thetruesize.com

    If you want to play with it yourself and compare countries.

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      TIL the US and China are about the same size.

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        “Always” have been. They’re at roughly the same latitude.

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