You should read the opinions of a professional cartographer on this infographic (or its predecessor rather, this one seems changed): http://cartonerd.blogspot.c

You should read the opinions of a professional cartographer on this infographic (or its predecessor rather, this one seems changed): http://cartonerd.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/welcome-to-marauding-carto-nerd.html http://cartonerd.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/welcome-to-marauding... I really dislike the article saying that "On a flat map of the world, Greenland appears as big as Africa". That is utter bullshit. Yes, it says "most prevalent flat maps" in the subtitle but even that seems not based on anything but agenda. Mercator is often used today with online maps because people (especially journalists) just love Google Maps (which uses Web Mercator by default) and seem incapable of learning about alternatives or just map projections. Yes, the projection can be a problem and yes, this is a fun way illustrating it but please go the extra mile and do it scientifically as your name suggests. What projection was used for this example? Is the 3D actually geodetically correct or did another oblivious artist scale and move things so they look nice?