Looks like a Silent Hill tit monster.
Looks like a Silent Hill tit monster.
Peters Projection flipped is truly the best map.
The fact that maps are centered around Germany is indeed an effect of Europeans making the maps popular. But some place has to be in center so honestly there's no reason to change that now. The fact that Europe is oversized has nothing to do with euro-centrism though, the Peters projection is useless for navigation which is historically the main purpose of the maps.Cartography, unsurprisingly, is very Euro/West-centric.
So I was watching The West Wing on Netflix, when the episode "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" comes up. During it, CJ interviews some guys who want the map used in schools changed to the Peters Projection, instead of the Mercator one used today.
I never knew the map I had been looking at all this time was wholly inaccurate when it came to the actual sizes of the continents and countries.
Peters Projection flipped is truly the best map.
Peters Projection flipped is truly the best map.
You know there is no "right side up" for our planet or solar system. I think we ought to flip it for kicks.
No. The Peters is accurate for relative areas of things, in the same way Mercator is accurate for constant bearings. Africa really is that big relative to everything else.
The fact that maps are centered around Germany is indeed an effect of Europeans making the maps popular. But some place has to be in center so honestly there's no reason to change that now. The fact that Europe is oversized has nothing to do with euro-centrism though, the Peters projection is useless for navigation which is historically the main purpose of the maps.
I dont understand the point of this, both maps depictions are trying to display a 3D object as a 2D one, you are going to get skewed results no matter how you do it (thus why there are so many ways to do it)
Neither is a proper represenation of land mass, and the 2nd one is a joke if you think it represents true scale of the continents.
UK is the centre not Germany
You know there is no "right side up" for our planet or solar system. I think we ought to flip it for kicks.
Are educational maps in North-America really like this?
Is it really? Maybe it is just my terrible eyesight, but despite Africa being about 2/3 the size of Asia in reality, it looks like it could be bigger in that map.
Peters Projection flipped is truly the best map.
It kinda is.. But the map is still skewed to give improper impressions. I really wish people would just be taught with globes
I don't think I ever saw a map like that in any class. It was always the Americas on the left and Europe/Asia/Africa/Australia on the rightAre educational maps in North-America really like this?
Are educational maps in North-America really like this?
Pretty normal for maps to center on whatever market they're being produced for. Where should it be centered?
Peters Projection flipped is truly the best map.
That looks scary as hell.
It kinda is.. But the map is still skewed to give improper impressions. I really wish people would just be taught with globes
Are educational maps in North-America really like this?
Imagine the highways on this:
NoAre educational maps in North-America really like this?
Imagine the highways on this:
Meh, that's pretty much the only way to represent the land mass on a 2D plane:
Are educational maps in North-America really like this?
Yeah, I came to post this (or specifically, this).
How do you figure? The only thing that is good for is displaying relative sizes to one another and thats about it.
Actual/relative continent size is what the OP and many posts here are discussing though.
edit: added "actual"
All maps are inaccurate, you can't map an ellipsoid to a plane without creating distortions, the question is mostly about what you want to preserve (distance vs. shape is the most common trade-off people talk about).I never knew the map I had been looking at all this time was wholly inaccurate when it came to the actual sizes of the continents and countries.