How the World Map Is Different Than It Looks

🌍🗺️ Unraveling the Truth About World Maps: Debunking Mercator's Projection! 🗺️🌍

Ever wondered if the world map you know is telling you the whole story? Join us on an eye-opening journey as we dissect the infamous Mercator projection and uncover its four major distortions: Shape and Size, Meridians and Parallels, Area Distortions, and Navigation.

🌐 The Great Distortions: Discover how the Mercator map skews shapes and sizes, and why it's not entirely its fault.

🌎 Our Globe is Not Flat: Unravel the spherical truth about our planet and why it's impossible to represent in two dimensions.

🧭 Navigating the Curvature: Learn how straight paths on a map can actually be curved journeys across the globe.

🗺️ Area Distortions Explained: See how countries can appear drastically different in size, affecting our perception and understanding.

🔍 Impact on Perception: Understand the psychological effects of size disparities on our global perspective.

🗺️ Projection Maps and Their Limitations: Explore alternative map projections and their attempts to rectify Mercator's flaws.

🌐 The Evolution of World Maps: Dive into the history of map revisions and the challenges of accurately representing our dynamic planet.

🌟 Newest Breakthrough in Map Projection: Get introduced to the latest map projection introduced in 2021, touted as the most accurate yet.

🌎 Join the Discussion: What are your thoughts on map projections? Share your insights and when you first discovered the truth in the comments below!

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[christianrudigier]

2:08 redditor adressed this in 2021 -> this was confirmed by scientiest 6 years later. Am i tripping?