Flattening the Round
by Anonymous · ⭐ 1 · 🍴 0
What happens when we transfer our spherical Earth onto flat paper? 🍊 An orange peel can’t lie flat without tearing—and Earth is the same. If we force it flat, some places stretch. Choose a latitude: the Equator stays the same, but around 80°, the width stretches nearly sixfold! ⚖️ That’s why Greenland looks so huge. Compare true area (green) with map size (orange): of the four lands, the one that’s truly smallest looks second-largest on the map. 🧭 Finally, tap the three maps. Preserve area and shape gets distorted; preserve shape and area gets distorted. Can you find a map that preserves all three? This app was made with code too · Remix it and compare our country’s size!