Accurate Size World Map

Accurate size world map

For starters africa is way bigger than it looks and greenland isn t nearly so vast. We all know most maps of the world aren t entirely accurate. At the top of the pantheon is bolivia s el alto la paz metropolitan area which houses more than two million people at an average elevation of 3 869m above sea level.

True Scale Map Of The World Shows How Big Countries Really Are

You may be surprised at what you find.

The next four are more than 1 000m lower than el alto la paz with ecuador s capital quito coming in at second place at 2 784m and colombia s capital bogotá rounding out the top five at 2 601m for reference that s more. 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. But a designer in japan has created a map that s so accurate it s almost as good as a globe and it s probably one of the best estimations you ll see of the real size of countries.

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That s a city of two million people situated more than 100 meters higher than mount fuji in japan. Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. True scale map of the world shows how big countries really are by aristos georgiou on 10 23 18 at 10 54 am edt a mosaic of world countries retaining their correct size and shape.

A great tool for educators.

Is greenland really as big as all of africa.
By dividing the world into ninety six triangles making it a tetrahedron then unfolding it to become a flat rectangle.