time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1643arrow-down129
arrow-up1614arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square213linkfedilink
minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoDoes Asia seem a little small compared to Africa to anyone else? Almost feels like China and Siberia should be a bit larger considering they make up like 50% of the continent, and Asia is supposed to be 10% larger than Africa.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoLook at them at the globe to make the right assumption.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt looks right once you count the Middle East and all of Southeast Asia.
Does Asia seem a little small compared to Africa to anyone else? Almost feels like China and Siberia should be a bit larger considering they make up like 50% of the continent, and Asia is supposed to be 10% larger than Africa.
Look at them at the globe to make the right assumption.
It looks right once you count the Middle East and all of Southeast Asia.