#mapprojection

[windudemon]

"true" size of countries

this is how indonesia would've looked if it was on top of europe. it'd have stretched from ireland to central kazakhistan.

and this is how big russia would've looked if it was over indonesia.

Compare Countries, States, Provinces, and Regions with This Simple Tool

Drag, drop and rotate countries, states, provinces, and regions around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as

[wtfearth123]

The Mercator map distorts the true size of the continents. For example, Africa and Russia have different distances on the map than in reality. A planisphere can show this discrepancy clearly.

[mindhuestudio]

Hoping to start playing with the world tesselation project that's been kicking around for a few months now... First, however, it's good to make sure which triangles border which other triangles. . #worldtesselation #icosohedron #mapprojection #numbering #measuretwicecutonce #1234567891011121314151617181920 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMX-vbjFs0g/?igshid=moeumbhq32ay

[orum]

Inscribing idealised geometry upon an irregular planetary body: The Tropic of Cancer is the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead. Detail from a sea atlas by Henrik Doncker, Amsterdam, 1669 #mapprojection #navigation #workinprogress #inscribingtheworld https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTXp28A1lp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ncrr2u4enkbe

[venedi]

Multicalendar 2019 #workinprogress #mapprojection #map #projection #dymaxion #buckministerfuller #lines #grid 🕶 #wip #design #polish #tribute #10anniversary

[orum]

Elements of map projection with applications to map and chart construction, published in 1921explaining w The distortions of various map projection https://archive.org/stream/cu31924003898271#page/n58/mode/1up #MustSee #research #mapprojection

[oschene]

Valk Projected onto the Intersection of Six Cylinders on Flickr.

Via Flickr: From the map, Novus planiglobii terrestris per utrumque polum conspectus by Gerard Valck, 1695. A cylindrical projection aimed at those who can entertain thirty-six points-of-view simultaneously. A compound eye would help. I, for one, welcome our insect overlords.