On a Mercator projection map, Greenland looks larger than South America. However, it is actually much smaller. How could this af

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r-ruslan [8.4K]

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On a Mercator projection map, Greenland looks larger than South America. However, it is actually much smaller. How could this af

fect a person's understanding of land areas?

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Vera_Pavlovna [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-16T11:47:15+03:00

Vera_Pavlovna [14]3 years ago

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The map is thereby conformal. As a side effect, the Mercator projection inflates the size of objects away from the equator.

Nookie1986 [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-16T12:58:30+03:00

When you look at a globe it obscures the size of countries, love for example Australia may seem small on a globe but it’s really almost the size of the USA. Also the normal map you see is one drew in the 1500’s, but they are actually a lot more stretched.

This cloud affect someone’s understanding of land area by them seeing for example, Greenland as the size of Africa.