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=D.C.L.I=Everest Wrote:Yeah but in that map, Turbs, Europe I stretched out enormously since it\'s more up north then Texas A correct surface map would actually reveal how Texas is twice the size of Europe

If thats the mercator projection system (you shouldn\'t of said that evert, you\'ve set me off in student mode, no matter how much humour you use ) then both texas and europe are distorted by the same amount......

The mercator system works by showing the entire NORTHERN HEMISPHERE at actual size, so the comparisons are the same for northern hemisphere objects. However, the southern hemishere is shown to be much smaller than it actually is.

This display system was developed in the 19th Century when it was done on \"importance\" of the hemisphere.... so therefore the North was proper as it was more important back then.

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