World Map Distorted Size

The earth is depicted as a globe at further zoom levels, sidestepping map projection issues completely and displaying the world as it actually is: Greenland’s real size is misrepresented on most maps. Land masses appear stretched — horizontally at the poles and vertically at the.

The most glaring example of this distortion is greenland, appears to be roughly the same size as africa. Our cartograms are unique visualisations that show the world as you've never seen it before. This distortion is due to the fact that earth is a sphere but maps are flat.

Africa, china and india are distorted despite access to accurate satellite data the distortion is the result of the mercator map which was created in.

Our cartograms are unique visualisations that show the world as you've never seen it before. The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the mercator projection, a 16th century rendering that preserved lines used for navigation while hideously distorting the true sizes of continents and oceans further from the equator. The earth is depicted as a globe at further zoom levels, sidestepping map projection issues completely and displaying the world as it actually is: Focusing on a single country helps to see effect best.#dataviz #maps #gis #projectionmapping #.