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Re: Question about LEGOz for LUGMAP.
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org
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Fri, 19 May 2000 05:16:04 GMT
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> One question though, the map you use as a basis for your map has a very
> skewed projection in favour of the area towards the arctic circle.
> Greenland is not as big as South America ! Who commissioned this map, the • king
> of Denmark ? (I know, I know it was in our school atlases too)
These are Mercator projections, I think
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/08342.html
> Are there any maps about that show a true scale between continents ?
Yes, there are other projections. One of my favourites (whose name I can't
remember) preserves the relative sizes of the continents, but the shapes
seem a bit squashed when you first encounter them (because we usually see
Mercator projections and become accustomed to them).
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/08026.html
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| (...) Good work Eric, and a very timely idea. One question though, the map you use as a basis for your map has a very skewed projection in favour of the area towards the arctic circle. Greenland is not as big as South America ! Who commissioned this (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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