Map With Accurate Continent Sizes

The true size map shows countries as many travelers would say they are meant to be seen: Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Animating the mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others.

Visually speaking, canada and russia appear to take up approximately 25% of the earth’s surface, when in reality they occupy a mere 5%. Since its creation, however, cartographers. The mercator, peters, and robinson projections may all be accurate representations of the world in some way or another, but there is one map that rises above them all.

For example, greenland looks roughly the same size as africa on most maps, even though the african continent has 14 times more land mass.

Now pay a look to south america — it is. For example, greenland looks roughly the same size as africa on most maps, even though the african continent has 14 times more land mass. Animating the mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others. There are lots of errors in our current maps, including distorted land and sea sizes and geographical misunderstandings.