• Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.devEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.

    • hazel 🤷🏻‍♀️🏳️‍🌈@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Wait so it’s purely projection distortion that makes Russia seem half the size of the old world?? This blew my mind.

      Also fun fact Google seems to have stopped outlining Russia (not other countries) when you click them in Google Maps.

      • Velonie@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 years ago

        You got me clicking countries on the map now. I really can’t find a consistent reason why sometimes it shows the outline and sometimes it doesn’t…

        • Canada: yes
        • Russia: no
        • South Korea: no
        • China: no
        • Spain: no
        • France: yes
        • Iraq: yes
        • Kyrgyzstan: no
        • Mongolia: yes
        • Japan: no
        • USA: yes
        • Malaysia: yes

        What pattern is there here???