World Map Real Size. Its Antarctica that giant imposing sheet of white ice on the bottom of every two-dimensional map youve ever seen. This map was created by a user.
Actual Size Of Russia Greenland World Atlas Map Map from br.pinterest.com
Antarctica is 5400000 mi² compared to Africas 11730000 mi². It was inspired by a similar animation that I saw on reddit and decided I wanted to try to build the same thing. Pressing on the button animates the country shrinking to its actual size or growing to the size shown on the mercator projection.
A great tool for educators.
In the real world it happens to be 3 times larger than the Scandinavian countries which is why it can house the second-largest population in the world. 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. This map was created by a user. The map above shows the distortion in sizes of countries due to the mercator projection.
