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This interactive map tool reveals countries’ true sizes without having to resort to the Peters projection.
Explore the real scale of countries with our interactive map! Discover the true size of nations and see accurate maps that challenge misconceptions about country sizes.
How big is the United States compared to Africa? How about Massachusetts compared to Estonia? Try entering the names of countries and states on this interactive map, and then dragging them around to compare them by superimposing one on top of another.
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.
The multi-step process preserves the true dimensions of the continents by angling them outward instead of stretching them, maintaining the illusion that they’re all laid out vertically like we’re used to.
This interactive map shows the real size of countries on a mercator projection map. The animation shows some countries shrinking to show their true size.
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This tool allows you to compare the true size of countries. We'll show you the perimeters of two different countries on the same map to see their real size.
While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.
A few seconds clicking and dragging on this interactive map will change your view of the world forever. The map of the globe we all know is a trick of mathematics. It was designed to simplify navigation for sailors setting out on voyages of discovery centuries ago.