Here is what claims to be proper scale. Apparently, this isn't a secret. They claim the reasoning is you can't put 3d on a 2d surface accurately. Hard to buy that, the link above is 2D and claims to be accurate.
Exactly. Its such a strawman argument. I genuinely don't know which representation is correct, but its wild that even when it is a 3D model like Google Earth, you still get distorted sizes as if we have no units of measurement on Earth lol
Because the distortion induced at a particular latitude applies to everything at that latitude simultaneously. Showing the distortion only on the sea and not the land would make the map even more inaccurate and out of wack.
Every method of projection from 3D to 2D involves compromise. Different projections compromise in different aspects; each having their own strengths and weaknesses.
sorry for newsweek link, but did a search on map to scale
https://www.newsweek.com/true-scale-map-world-shows-how-big-countries-really-are-1183386#slideshow/1183255
Here is what claims to be proper scale. Apparently, this isn't a secret. They claim the reasoning is you can't put 3d on a 2d surface accurately. Hard to buy that, the link above is 2D and claims to be accurate.
I'm old enough to remember when there were stores with just maps & globes🐸
Except there is not an ocean in the himalayan mountains
Exactly. Its such a strawman argument. I genuinely don't know which representation is correct, but its wild that even when it is a 3D model like Google Earth, you still get distorted sizes as if we have no units of measurement on Earth lol
its simple. Take an orange peel, gut it, then try to flatten it on the table.
Its not going to come out square. Its going to come out looking like this:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS13tpRKPKQOumsIiEXFKqOCSiuXdqoya8UYQ&usqp=CAU
I dont think this is a conspiracy, its just physics
distorting the size of continents isn't physics though.
it is when ur going from a 3d sphere to a 2d map
thats why the closer you get to the poles, the more distorted everything gets. I.e. greenland is bigger than asia, africa is massive towards the tip
More fundamental than that. It is mathematics. One must use spherical geometry to determine distances and angles on a globe.
Add size to the waters, not the land.
Think about it. Why not add water on the google maps, and not adding land.
Because the distortion induced at a particular latitude applies to everything at that latitude simultaneously. Showing the distortion only on the sea and not the land would make the map even more inaccurate and out of wack.
Every method of projection from 3D to 2D involves compromise. Different projections compromise in different aspects; each having their own strengths and weaknesses.