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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My Mercator projection map shows Canada is twice as big as the US.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta love the magic of trying to map a 3D sphere into a 2D space. This article I just searched up seems at first glance to do a reasonable job of quickly explaining the reality.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
Measurement United States Canada Who Wins?
Coastline 19,924 km (12,380 mi) 202,080 km (125,567 mi) 🇨🇦 Canada by 914%

How come no one is talking about Canadian beaches?

Very cool visualization.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coastlines are fractals, so they're all infinite and therefore equal.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Some fractals are more infinite than others.