True Size Of Countries World Map. Geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator came up with a solution back in 1569. The new projection is called Equal Earth and is designed to represent the relative sizes.
He designed a map that could be accurately used for navigation purposes but the downside was that his system distorted the size of objects depending on their position relative to the. On a normal global map it looks almost the same size as a north European country like say Finland 338424 sq km. Now when you move Egypt next to Finland you actually get to see its almost double in size.
Cartographers have unveiled a new map of the world which shows the size of the continents more accurately.
In this video we take a look at how different the size of certain countries really are compared to how they usually are displayed as on a mapBusiness Conta. Though there are around 40 types of map projections from conical to polyhedral and retroazimuthal depicting the true size maps this one is still used the most because of its convenience and simplicity. Now when you move Egypt next to Finland you actually get to see its almost double in size. He designed a map that could be accurately used for navigation purposes but the downside was that his system distorted the size of objects depending on their position relative to the.
