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Old 14-08-2018, 11:42 AM #1
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It is hard to represent our spherical world on flat piece of paper. Cartographers use something called a "projection" to morph the globe into 2D map. The most popular of these is the Mercator projection.

Every map projection introduces distortion, and each has its own set of problems. One of the most common criticisms of the Mercator map is that it exaggerates the size of countries nearer the poles (US, Russia, Europe), while downplaying the size of those near the equator (the African Continent). On the Mercator projection Greenland appears to be roughly the same size as Africa. In reality, Greenland is 0.8 million sq. miles and Africa is 11.6 million sq. miles, nearly 14 and a half times larger.

This app was created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice. It was inspired by an episode of The West Wing and an infographic by Kai Krause entitled "The True Size of Africa". We hope teachers will use it to show their students just how big the world actually is.
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Sorry but I cant get passed Ireland being included in the United Kingdom
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It isn’t? I just typed in Ireland and it did it?
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Omf do Guernsey y’all
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The size that countries appear on maps are distorted closer to the poles, making them bigger
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Oh I watched a film set in Guernsey at the weekend, I really want to go there now
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The Guernsey potato peel one?

It wasn’t even filmed here, they did it in the Isle of Man

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LT acting like in his 5th year geography people didn’t still think the Earth was flat pfffft
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It was the best science we had at that time
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