114 This Map thing bothers me a lot, and nobody cares when I talk about it (twitter.com) posted 1 year ago by Speakfree 1 year ago by Speakfree +122 / -8 86 comments share 86 comments share save hide report block hide replies
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🐸