Geography - Cartography - Map projections - The Projection Problem

Side-by-side comparisons of the same regions in different projections. Pair 1: Mercator (Greenland looks as big as Africa) vs Equal-area (Africa is actually 14x bigger!). Pair 2: Same airline route on Mercator (appears curved) vs on polar projection (shows it's actually shorter flying over the Arcti

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Geography - Cartography - Map projections - The Projection Problem

vivmagarwal
vivmagarwalJan 29, 2026

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Side-by-side comparisons of the same regions in different projections. Pair 1: Mercator (Greenland looks as big as Africa) vs Equal-area (Africa is actually 14x bigger!). Pair 2: Same airline route on Mercator (appears curved) vs on polar projection (shows it's actually shorter flying over the Arcti

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GeographyCartographyClass 9, Class 9, MYP Grade 8, Grade 8, IGCSE

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