The world map that reboots your brain

Re:The world map that reboots your brain by epgui on Saturday August 20, 2022 @03:03PM (#32534392)

I went to public school in Canada (NB) in the 1990s and 2000s and we also covered the topic quite well. Not only that, but we also had ready access to spinning globes we could look at and compare to projections.

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Re:The world map that reboots your brain by pedalpete on Saturday August 20, 2022 @09:29PM (#32536620)

I think as Canadians this topic is covered because the geography of our country is skewed considerably more than many other countries both due to the scale, and the land mass the lay near the poles.

If I recall correctly it was the discussion on the size of Baffin Island, which looks almost 2x larger than Madagascar on the Mercantile map, when Madagascar is in fact just over 10% larger than Baffin.

Also, that we have islands nobody gives a 2nd thought to that are the size of Spain! :)

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