Map Projections – Why Do We Have Different Maps of the Earth? #kurzgesagt #shorts

How do map projections work? And why are there different maps and projections?

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700+ minutes of Kurzgesagt Soundtracks by Epic Mountain:

[greg]

as a kid, i always thought Antarctica was massive

[skywalkerb]

"How do you get Earth on a map?"

A globe?

[alex.g]

You should make a video on what each map projection is used for.

[nanamacapagal]

Fun side note: North on top is pretty new.

In early history, map-makers often put East on top since the sun rises in the East, only ever occasionally putting West on top. In ancient Egypt, South was on top since that was where the river began.
North only became top when compasses started becoming popular in Europe, somewhere in the 12th to 16th century.

[issac-dossier]

As a geomatics student studying cartography, I would also like to add, There are 3 main types of projection that all the others come from, And your map projection can also change depending on the place you're studying.UTM is the most used map projection out there.

[SomebodywithaYouTubeaccount]

I remember reading about a special Japanese globe that was made of hundreds of woodcarved equilateral pyramids connected to each other via hinges. The globe could be reshaped using the hinges to form a flat rectangular prism with all the surface details facing up to somewhat reflect the true proportions of the Earth. And it’s said that the model could become even more accurate as more pyramids are added

[CamTheRandomDude]

“Earth, is a sphere.”
Flat earthers: 👁️ 👄 👁️

[captive]

Remember, if Earth was flat, cat would have drop everything from the edges

[captainpalegg]

whenever i see something that basically says “yes, mercator is flawed, but that’s true of all map projections, so let’s not act like any one is objectively more or less wrong than any other”, it warms my heart. wish every map enthusiast thought that way.

[fijimano]

For anyone wondering greenland is about the size of the drc.

[AnJelloSnaccy]

The Earth is a cat and you can't tell me otherwise

[jonharrison]

I remember how people were debating where attack on Titan took place even tho they showed us the world map and it was just our map upside down 😂

[PinkBlueNinjaStar]

My father yells at me and tells me im not good enough to be his son, this is called projection

[ShashwatPanda]

kurzgesagt is obsessed with size comparisons

[apocalypseap]

Flat earthers triggered in the first 2 seconds.

[oddie]

simpler explanation (totally not stolen):

A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map. Many techniques have been developed to present world maps that address diverse technical and aesthetic goals.
All world maps are based on one of several map projections, or methods of representing a globe on a plane. All projections distort geographic features, distances, and directions in some way. The various map projections that have been developed provide different ways of balancing accuracy and the unavoidable distortion inherent in making world maps. Perhaps the best-known projections is the Mercator Projection, originally designed as a nautical chart.

[maniceliksni]

my favorite map is the one that reverses the north and south direction. because directions are arbitrary in the first place. like what if aliens drew a map of earth? north and south directions are reversible.

[justanotherguywithamoustac]

What a surprise reference to the "Turning A Sphere Inside Out" video

[NickAndriadze]

Definitely a very important and interesting topic to tackle that isn't important enough for a full video but very well suited for being short-sized. Also one of the cleanest sponsor transitions ever!

[chloeorr]

Flat earthers been real quiet since this dropped…