Mercator projection compared to the true size of each country.
Previously:
Inside an artificial horizon - GIF
World's largest compass rose - GIF
Manhole cover with city map - photo
Using an analog watch as a compass - photo
Polynesian navigation device - photo
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EnginePaul (Dec 14, 2021), mwmkravchenko (Dec 4, 2021), nova_robotics (Dec 5, 2021), Rangi (Dec 5, 2021), Toolmaker51 (Dec 8, 2021)
The Gall-Peters Projection have all areas correct with respect to each other, but at the sacrifice of distorting most shapes instead:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E...ers_projection
Altair (Dec 5, 2021), KustomsbyKent (Dec 5, 2021), nova_robotics (Dec 5, 2021)
Never heard any disputes that Mercator projection is "wrong", just distorts proportions at the poles, being drawn from perspective of an Equator..
In conjunction, never heard 'flat-earthers' state which side exists........
Sincerely,
Toolmaker51
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