Is this the world you believe you live in?
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...tion-image.jpg
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Is this the world you believe you live in?
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...tion-image.jpg
okay. well let me start debunking your perception a little bit at a time. firstly with this...
http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosy...-of-africa.jpg
looks familiar :confused:
right it looks familiar, and we all assume it is factually correct. but for many reasons, which we can get into later...it is not even close to accurate with the amount of land mass designations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
Now before I provide proof, it is fair to assume that Greenland is roughly the same size as Africa, correct?
but in reality...
Africa is 14x times bigger then Green land.
But who cares about Greenland, amirite? How about the rest of the world, surely that must be accurate to these maps as we understand them?
apologies I first viewed this thread in IE7 and the second post didn't load up properly
in firefox now and can see what you are getting at - let me look at it some more and I will be back
This first map is known as the Mercantor Project Map, and is the most widely used and recognized map in the world.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...tion-image.jpg
This below is the Peters Projection. Much less used but far more accurate in terms of size of relative continents and mass.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...ction-over.gif
A bit of the explanation, thanks to the tv show The West Wing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8zBC2dvERM
another perception:
http://cultivatedpages.files.wordpre...world-map2.gif