bickster Posted December 10, 2018 Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 10, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, bickster said: Its because the poles are really a point, not a flat plane the same width as the equator, the closer to the poles you are the greater the exaggeration Yeah that's what I was getting at. Is the size difference just through adjusting for the fact you're putting it onto a flat surface, or are certain countries deliberately made bigger for other reasons? (Like if that projection was an American "invention" is the USA made to appear bigger?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 10, 2018 Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Yeah that's what I was getting at. Is the size difference just through adjusting for the fact you're putting it onto a flat surface, or are certain countries deliberately made bigger for other reasons? (Like if that projection was an American "invention" is the USA made to appear bigger?) no it's purely the poles thing, there's no deliberate making a country look bigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 https://globalfishingwatch.org/map/ An old image but the link at the top is the website. Global Fishing Map 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I'm always amazed at the size of Australia on the Mercator maps. Relative to the population, it's **** humongous! And only 1 country! Wouldn't fancy backpacking one side to the other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted December 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2018 Looks like every man, woman and child in Iceland is out circling the country in their fishing boats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 13, 2018 Moderator Share Posted December 13, 2018 10 hours ago, lapal_fan said: I'm always amazed at the size of Australia on the Mercator maps. Relative to the population, it's **** humongous! And only 1 country! Wouldn't fancy backpacking one side to the other! It’s mungous. I’m there now, and the nearest big city is 2 and a half hours different in time zone. But what a place! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 13, 2018 Moderator Share Posted December 13, 2018 Just to illustrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 9 minutes ago, blandy said: Just to illustrate Go on then lazy.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 13:03, lapal_fan said: I'm always amazed at the size of Australia on the Mercator maps. Relative to the population, it's **** humongous! And only 1 country! Wouldn't fancy backpacking one side to the other! Thing is the only population centers are really on the coasts. The middle of the country (the majority of it) is bloody useless as far as us whitey Europeans go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: Thing is the only population centers are really on the coasts. The middle of the country (the majority of it) is bloody useless as far as us whitey Europeans go. it's all bloody useless as far as cricket goes 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 31 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Cricket is bloody useless FTFY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, Michelsen said: FTFY You dropped your gay card. If you looked at the floor, this means you are a gay. I'm going to assume you looked. Lol! @Michelsen is gay!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 minute ago, lapal_fan said: Lol! @Michelsen is gay!!!! You wish! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The_Rev Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 18:03, lapal_fan said: I'm always amazed at the size of Australia on the Mercator maps. Relative to the population, it's **** humongous! And only 1 country! Wouldn't fancy backpacking one side to the other! It's mostly desert. There is more desert in Australia than there is on the Arabian peninsula. Even the grassland is essentially uninhabitable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 18, 2018 Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 14/12/2018 at 02:21, tonyh29 said: it's all bloody useless as far as cricket goes They sorted out India today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2018 9 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: That tiny sliver of Russia at the top is fascinating me. It must squeeze past the edge of the UK and then just miss the Faroes, then squeeze past greenland and go over the arctic to Russia? Maybe it being a globe makes it easier to picture, but just from my head I'm really surprised at that bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: That tiny sliver of Russia at the top is fascinating me. It must squeeze past the edge of the UK and then just miss the Faroes, then squeeze past greenland and go over the arctic to Russia? Maybe it being a globe makes it easier to picture, but just from my head I'm really surprised at that bit. Yeah, I think that's what it is. The part I'm struggling with is the seeming implication that heading directly west leads to Cuba? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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