fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoDenominator, go Mercatormander.xyzimagemessage-square151linkfedilinkarrow-up1872arrow-down114
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minus-squarescala@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoNo, because Africa is larger than Russia, this shows Russia as massive.
minus-squareselokichtli@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoYou may want to double check that, or you probably will need an imaginary map.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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.