Maps that will change your view of the world forever

The true size of Greenland

First, look at Greenland. A big island, is not it? Almost like South America. But when Greenland moves to the latitude of the USA, it can be seen that it is not that big. And when you transfer to the equator, it is completely clear that this is just an island, and not a giant island.

But what would have happened, being Australia in the breadth of Russia and Europe

It seems that Australia is small. First, it is close to the equator, and secondly - it is distant from other continents and there is nothing to compare it with. But look at these maps.

Notice how the shape of Australia changed when moving to the North. This is because part of it is located behind the Arctic Circle, that is, very close to the pole, and it is stretched out on the projection.

But the USA (without Alaska) in comparison with Australia. As it turned out, they are almost the same in size

Mexico, it turns out, is a fairly large country

But the real size of the most mysterious continent is Antarctica

What about the true size of Russia?

Russia is not only the largest country, but also the most northern one. That's why on the map it looks just a giant, which is even larger than many continents. But by transferring Russia to the equator, we will see that it has decreased two to three times.

And this is how the dimensions of Alaska gradually change as they move to the equator

So would China look if it were a northern country like Canada

India in comparison with Russia and the US is not so small as it seems

If the Democratic Republic of the Congo were in Europe, there would be almost no place for other countries

All countries on the African continent look small. It's all because they are located on the equator. Look at how the Republic of the Congo has covered almost half of the US and most of Europe.

The largest African countries in the breadth of Russia

Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan, Libya and Chad are quite large countries, but usually this is not visible due to their situation. In fact, if these five countries are "blinded" together, they will be almost the same as Russia in terms of area.

We will locate the six largest countries along the equator. Now they are on equal terms

Russia, of course, is still huge, but not such a supergiant as it seems, being in its latitudes. And here you can see how great Australia is.

Other existing cartographic projections, with which scientists are trying to solve the problem of believable image of the Earth's relief.

The Galla-Peters projection

Projection of Wagner

Projection Hood