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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.green/users/christineburns/statuses/113799544329738388">Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ (christineburns@mastodon.green)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 02:52:51 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.green/@christineburns" title="christineburns@mastodon.green"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/25689-48-20221113124505.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖</a></section><article><p>Whilst folks are talking about the supersized distortion of Greenland by the Mercator projection it’s a good moment to point out that the size of the British Isles is also exaggerated. <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4342947#notice-8491143">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-10T02:52:51+09:00" title="Friday, 10-Jan-2025 02:52:51 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.green/@christineburns/113799544329738388" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.green via ActivityPub">mastodon.green</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.green/@christineburns/113799544329738388">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3876963">Snapshot of part of a depiction of how the true size of countries fits within the extent implied on a Mercator map. Britain is depicted roughly twice its true size. The Scandinavian countries are also wildly supersized compared with reality.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/113/799/530/800/439/569/original/a30f706096f0a8be.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/113/799/530/800/439/569/original/a30f706096f0a8be.jpeg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.visualcapitalist.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/">Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries</a></h5><div> from <span>@Visualcap</span></div></header><div>The world map you know is totally wrong. Check out this clever graphic, which helps put into perspective the true size of countries.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ (christineburns@mastodon.green)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 02:52:51 JST Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖
Whilst folks are talking about the supersized distortion of Greenland by the Mercator projection it’s a good moment to point out that the size of the British Isles is also exaggerated. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries/
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1. Snapshot of part of a depiction of how the true size of countries fits within the extent implied on a Mercator map. Britain is depicted roughly twice its true size. The Scandinavian countries are also wildly supersized compared with reality.
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2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.visualcapitalist.com
  Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries
  from @Visualcap
  The world map you know is totally wrong. Check out this clever graphic, which helps put into perspective the true size of countries.

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