The true true size of Africa

LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African continent. His aim was to make "a small contribution in the fight against rampant Immappancy"—in particular, the fact that most people do not realise how much the ubiquitous Mercator projection distorts th

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よく出回っている「アフリカはこんなに大きい」地図はメルカトル図法の世界地図を切り貼りしていたので不正確、これが正しい、というエコノミスト誌の記事