The 'Real' Map of the World
 

New Internationalist has been publishing a map that shows the countries of the world in a way that reflects their true size. It has been adopted by the UN and many other agencies around the world:

http://www.newint.org/shop/us/pics/petersmapbig.jpg

http://www.fixedearth.com/



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Ummm... WTF?

Europe is tiny.

Interesting..I hadn't seen this kind of projection before.

the map looks fucked up

very interesting and the world is always evolving so not surprising

all they do is tell : THE BIBLE IS RIGHT ... non stop ... and that everything else is bullshit. They don't bring no scientific point

It's amazing how small America is compared to other places... yet can have so much power.

It's called the Peter's Projection: http://www.petersmap.com/

This is really cool.... a Peter's Projection map showing current world sunlight and cloud cover: http://www.die.net/earth/peters.html

I think it's amazing how small Britain is when you consider how much power and influence it's had on so much of the world.

good map :P

True... and Europe.

why is it so differnet from a globe? aren't globes correct?

Globes are... the trick is when you try to put a globe on a flat surface.

is this Earth?

Kamchatka is not a separate country?

Has it ever been?

Looks the same as before to me.....:)

Cool, Canada looks alot smaller

It is when you are getting ready to fuck up "Yakutsk". Colloquially speaking.

that looks dodgy

does anyone even still play risk?

No idea. I haven't played in a decade.

So the amazing fact is that the US still teached geography with the Mercator map from the 16th century and the rest of the world uses the Peters projection?

Was thinking that myself.

Most of Europe sucks anyway...

very strange

fuck .. the world is flat after all !!! A ship could sail right off the edge ... will somebody please think of the pirates .. make it round again !!

looks like some designer squashed it in photoshop to make it fit the map

Africa is huge.