Nymeria on 24 October 2017
irstupid said:
Mexico is small. But just saying, maps are misleading. Africa for instance is like twice the size of Russia, yet on a map, Russia is the one that looks twice the size of Africa. |
Mercator projection maps are for navigating and emphasize shape over size.
Maps mislead is various ways because taking a spheriod object onto a flat plane has that side effect.
