The maps are all the work of climate data scientist @neilrkaye.
You can see an animation below:
And one final version:
See the animated version this map is based on at: https://engaging-data.com/country-sizes-mercator/.
Also, see:
Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The maps are all the work of climate data scientist @neilrkaye.
You can see an animation below:
And one final version:
See the animated version this map is based on at: https://engaging-data.com/country-sizes-mercator/.
Also, see:
Code Clements says
As a retired map reader, planner, totally amazing and wonderfully interesting
nidhi khanna says
superb work. thank you so much.
Martins says
Please show real map not minimized, how they look from space, all connectted
Paolo says
That’s simply not possible, or you have to distort the shape of each country. It’s simply not possible to project the correct size AND shape from a globe to a flat map. See e.g. Gall-Peters projection that retains the correct size, but not the shape.
James says
Maybe, if that is the correct size, the earth is not a globe, but a flat plane.
“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” – Spock.
asobrite says
you just have to type “world map” in google to find what you requested.
Sadagoapan Thiruvali says
Loved your maps. Especially that gif which scales down the distortion due to Meractor projection. That was awesome! May I use your images on Quora?
Brilliant Maps says
As long as you give credit back should be fine.
Bruce Packard says
The most impressive demonstration of this issue I’ve ever come across.
Keshav Brij says
Thank you very much. Your efforts counts and respect from my side. I am an Indian philosopher and and conducts talk sessions, for any help contact me via my mail address.
Owain says
Really cool projection, but it appears the world doesn’t fit together anymore. Are you planning on finishing the Atlas?
Joe says
Well done! Nicely highlights the impact of using conformal vs. equal are projections.
GutturalNinja says
Interesting! It completely breaks my understanding of world geography!
My impression is that terrestrial globes do not more accurately represent country sizes. Is that right? If so, why? Are globes more accurate? Could they be?
Chris says
The last map from Nazar is just a screenshot of my map here: https://engaging-data.com/country-sizes-mercator/
Fritz Weissgerber says
Thank you so much for your brilliant work. But why don’t you put the countries in the real size together, like Mercator? – Mercator should be canceled.
Jeff Hawkins says
I think it’s brilliant – such a simple and clever way of demonstrating the Mercator distortion.
Can I ask you to reconsider your response of 5 Dec 2021? Could one take the Mercator projection map of the world ( as you have) and place at the ‘centre of gravity’ of each country not a scaled version of the Mercator projection but a scaled version of a gnomonic projection of that country with its ‘tangent point’ placed on that country’s centre of gravity.
Yes, that’s a different tangent point for each country.
Is it doable? Or a disproportionate ( sorry for the pun) amount of work
Thank you
Brilliant Maps says
Cool idea, but beyond my capabilities