Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A fascinating interactive map shows how different countries really compare in size – a problem that has for centuries stumped ...

That GIF comes from a new interactive map project, the True Size.It lets you visualize how big countries really are, rather than how big they appear when distorted on a map.

Fortunately, a new online map, The True Size Of, is here to set the record straight. The interactive map allows users to search for a country and then compare its actual surface area against a ...

The True Size is an interactive map that lets you see how big or small these places really are. To use the map, you simply search for a country or state. The tool finds and highlights the area ...

This interactive map shows how ‘wrong’ other maps are. August 18, 2015 (The True Size) By Adam Taylor. It's tough to represent a three-dimensional world in a two-dimensional map.

Maps are wonderful inventions, but they can cause their fair share of trouble, from showing you different borders depending on which country you’re viewing from, to sending GPS users into rivers ...

created an interactive map that shows the relative expanse of nations and continents. Partly inspired by the designer Kai Krause’s map “The True Size of Africa,” and an episode of The West ...

A video showing the true size of Russia compared to Africa has gone viral on TikTok as social media users learn about the misrepresentation of scale on many world maps. First posted in late ...

The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on maps, making them appear different to reality. advertisement.

For example, the map below shows the size of Africa in relation to China and the U.S. Look at how the two biggest economies in the world can both be swallowed by the continent with room to spare ...