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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://sciences.social/users/conradhackett/statuses/109447150158454324">Conrad Hackett :verified: (conradhackett@sciences.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 10:34:50 JST</a><a href="https://sciences.social/@conradhackett" title="conradhackett@sciences.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/28608-48-20221116165948.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Conrad Hackett :verified:" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Conrad Hackett :verified:</a></section><article><p>How big countries seem in the Mercator projection vs. their true size in relation to all others<br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/9nkhkz/animating_the_mercator_projection_to_the_true/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/9nkhkz/animating_the_mercator_projection_to_the_true/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/753181#notice-1194341">In conversation</a><time datetime="2022-12-03T10:34:50+09:00" title="Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 10:34:50 JST">Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 10:34:50 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://sciences.social/@conradhackett/109447150158454324" rel="external" title="Sent from sciences.social via ActivityPub">sciences.social</a></span></span><a href="https://sciences.social/@conradhackett/109447150158454324">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/428991">Animation shows how big countries seem in the Mercator projection vs. their true size in relation to all others. Countries further from the equator look bigger than they really are in the Mercator projection.</a></label><br><video poster="" controls="controls"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/sciencessocial/media_attachments/files/109/447/144/290/783/072/original/5f37ecfef6414ef1.mp4" type="video/mp4"></source></video></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: preview.redd.it</div><h5><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/9nkhkz/animating_the_mercator_projection_to_the_true/">Animating the Mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others. [OC]</a></h5><div> from <span>neilrkaye</span></div></header><div>57,156 votes and 2,052 comments so far on Reddit</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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  Animating the Mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others. [OC]
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