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Re:China on highest flood alert as 38M people evacuated by kaybe on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:39AM (#23830052)
Especially us from higher latitudes whose worldview is influenced by the Mercator projection.
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Re:China on highest flood alert as 38M people evacuated by arethuza on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:48AM (#23830082)
A useful link that helps with that problem:

https://thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!MTYxNDU5OTQ.MzgwMzc5Mg*...

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Re:China on highest flood alert as 38M people evacuated by hombre_fatal on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @06:12AM (#23830202)
Great site.

Never realized Greenland fits inside the USA. Dragging a country to/from the poles really establishes how ridiculous the projection is.

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Re:China on highest flood alert as 38M people evacuated by arethuza on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:27AM (#23830631)
I don't think it's fair to say it is ridiculous - it has pros and cons - with the distortion of areas towards the poles definitely being one of the latter

https://connectusfund.org/13-major-pros-and-cons-of-mercator...

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Re:China on highest flood alert as 38M people evacuated by thaumasiotes on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @06:43AM (#23830390)
> Dragging a country to/from the poles really establishes how ridiculous the projection is.

I mean, the pole is an infinitesimal point that _any_ rectangular projection must expand to the size of the equator.

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