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There's a pretty cool Vidsauce video on this. The most popular version of the map that causes this misperception also causes Greenland to look much, much larger
by coltr 13y ago
There's a pretty cool Vidsauce video on this. The most popular version of the map that causes this misperception also causes Greenland to look much, much larger than it really is.
- vacri 13y agoThe Mercator Puzzle demonstrates this quite dramatically: http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/poly/puzzledrag.html http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/poly/puzzledra...
- piyush_soni 13y agoYou probably mean Vsauce. Here's the link if someone is looking for that: What does Earth look like? : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lR7s1Y6Zig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lR7s1Y6Zig Also, I'd suggest any how or why enthusiasts on HN to subscribe to Vsauce (if you aren't already). It's just amazing.