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Africa: bigger than you think! Greenland: much smaller.

Map showing distortion of African continent size by Mercator projection

We've been looking at a lot of maps recently (probably because of the amazing wind maps we linked to), and we came across an old favorite from a few years ago. Kai Krause, German software and graphical user interface designer, has invented a word for the lack of sufficient geographical knowledge. He calls it immappacy: In addition to the well known social issues of … [Read more...]

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