Real Map Of The World Vs Fake

The world map we accept today known as the Mercator map made in 1569 by geographer Gerardus Mercator largely misreports the sizes of Greenland Africa and Antarctica. Good thing this climate data scientist took up the task of educating the masses on country size comparison and put up a map projection that shows real sizes together with those shown in regular maps. So a Flemish geographer and cartographer named Gerardus Mercator came up with a solution for the most accurate world map.

We also have misconceptions about the relative size of things. A very clever Japanese architect who goes by the name of Hajime Narukawa has claimed to have tackled a centuries-old problem how to draw an oblate. The atlas of the real world New Scientist Dollie Oliver Eye-Opening True Size Map Shows the Real Size of Countries on a.

But forget everything you know.

Richard Gott Robert Vanderbei and David Goldberg This map is favored by National Geographic. Designed almost 450 years ago even Google Maps used a variant of this projection until. Real Map Of The World Real Map Of The World. But forget everything you know.