Teacher: Its the only way to accurately put a globe on a flat paper
Me: Are you sure its not just to mess with me forever?
Teacher: Yea, that too
omg-sidefriction on
Flat earthers HATE this ONE trick!
Omar_G_666 on
r/WeKnowAboutMercator
JealousAd5131 on
meanwhile the flat earthers
theo141014 on
Mercator projection side effect
Anderopolis on
Except if course those lines are misleading, and not the distances they purport to be , but rather significantly longer.Â
OppositeAcadia2083 on
The map cheats
ReconArek on
A matter of perspectives
featEng on
Copium is hard. Russia is still great and undefeatable despite Mercator projection. Draw this shit over Canada!
GreenZeldaGuy on
But hey, at least I can sail the ocean more conveniently using this map
jalanajak on
I always downvote Mercator / true size maps.
FollowingLegal9944 on
This is proof the earth is flat. Globetards maps make no sense at all compared to real world and distances xd
20eyesinmyhead78 on
Well, well, well. If it isn’t our old friend Mr. Mercator!
adamtrycz on
Why do we even still use macata projection? Something like Robinson projection seems to be much better.
RichOrStupid on
it is incorrect. Thank you for contributing
mahendrabirbikram on
Mustn’t be there arcs instead of straight lines, or are those lines through the earth?
EnderWarlock01 on
I’m confused. Can someone explain what is being shown here?
Suitable-Source-7534 on
This is wrong it should be showrer
toughguy375 on
Crimea is not Russia.
citizen4509 on
Someone discovering Mercator’s project again.
nonikhannna on
But steel is heavier than feathers
SafePuzzleheaded8423 on
Perfect for hatching eggs
LogSubstantial9098 on
Mercator projection is also the reason why Trump wants Greenland.
NotGoingToBeJobless on
After measuring them myself in Google Earth, the distances are ~6500km, ~7700km and ~8300km (quite rough measurements on my part).
Also should’ve excluded Crimea in the measurements as part of Russia, because now this infographic is unnecessary political
Mariofan666 on
tbh thought at first it was one of the many circlejerk map reddits I follow.Â
vonHindenburg on
Maybe it was just my obsessive map collecting from old National Geographics, but growing up int he 90s, I swear I saw Robinson far more commonly than Mercator. I went to a Catholic school in Pennsylvania, USA, so we weren’t typically swimming in money to get the latest projections.
Was Mercator really more common as a teaching tool back then?
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Teacher: Its the only way to accurately put a globe on a flat paper
Me: Are you sure its not just to mess with me forever?
Teacher: Yea, that too
Flat earthers HATE this ONE trick!
r/WeKnowAboutMercator
meanwhile the flat earthers
Mercator projection side effect
Except if course those lines are misleading, and not the distances they purport to be , but rather significantly longer.Â
The map cheats
A matter of perspectives
Copium is hard. Russia is still great and undefeatable despite Mercator projection. Draw this shit over Canada!
But hey, at least I can sail the ocean more conveniently using this map
I always downvote Mercator / true size maps.
This is proof the earth is flat. Globetards maps make no sense at all compared to real world and distances xd
Well, well, well. If it isn’t our old friend Mr. Mercator!
Why do we even still use macata projection? Something like Robinson projection seems to be much better.
it is incorrect. Thank you for contributing
Mustn’t be there arcs instead of straight lines, or are those lines through the earth?
I’m confused. Can someone explain what is being shown here?
This is wrong it should be showrer
Crimea is not Russia.
Someone discovering Mercator’s project again.
But steel is heavier than feathers
Perfect for hatching eggs
Mercator projection is also the reason why Trump wants Greenland.
After measuring them myself in Google Earth, the distances are ~6500km, ~7700km and ~8300km (quite rough measurements on my part).
Also should’ve excluded Crimea in the measurements as part of Russia, because now this infographic is unnecessary political
tbh thought at first it was one of the many circlejerk map reddits I follow.Â
Maybe it was just my obsessive map collecting from old National Geographics, but growing up int he 90s, I swear I saw Robinson far more commonly than Mercator. I went to a Catholic school in Pennsylvania, USA, so we weren’t typically swimming in money to get the latest projections.
Was Mercator really more common as a teaching tool back then?