fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoDenominator, go Mercatormander.xyzimagemessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1872arrow-down114
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minus-squarescala@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoNo, because Africa is larger than Russia, this shows Russia as massive.
minus-squareselokichtli@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoYou may want to double check that, or you probably will need an imaginary map.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAfrica: 30.3 million km² Asia: 44 million km² Nowhere near the difference Mercator projection maps make it out to be, but Asia definitely is larger.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYour original comment definitely said Asia.
No, because Africa is larger than Russia, this shows Russia as massive.
You may want to double check that, or you probably will need an imaginary map.
Africa: 30.3 million km²
Asia: 44 million km²
Nowhere near the difference Mercator projection maps make it out to be, but Asia definitely is larger.
Russia*
Your original comment definitely said Asia.