pare
a thought for the old Mercator projection, because it’s been having a troubled
time of late. Yes,
everyone’s favorite pastime on the Internet (stretching back to that West Wing episode) is tearing apart Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator’s 1569
projection limb by limb, showing how it over and under exaggerates certain
countries.
And
that’s the focus of this video from RealLifeLore, which explains why the widely
used maps we use today are not very accurate at all. It explains how certain
countries like Greenland are massively bloated, while others like Australia are
under-appreciated.
The
video seems to be based on this Reddit post from earlier in the year and this
Buzzfeed post, but it's still worth a watch.
Just
go easy on Mercator, will you.
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