How the World Map Looks Wildly Different Than You Think

All of us have seen a world map at some point in our lives before, but it is very difficult to imagine how certain countries and parts of the world compare to each other in size that are far apart. In this video, I explore why the world looks very different than how it is portrayed in the Mercator Projection map. I then go on to explore how certain countries are unexpectedly larger or smaller than what they appear to be, and how some places looks wildly different than our perceptions.
PS; Don't totally hate on the Mercator Projection, it's actually a really useful map for navigation and on keeping the correct shape of countries while sacrificing the size that we can all laugh about!
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[@iminbreadbutfrench8625]

If you put antartica in africa it will melt

[@gregumps]

if u put Africa in Antarctica it will freeze

[@CarlCarson362]

lol fuck thats a good one

[@hilol3656]

MINDBLOWING!!!!!!

[@mindover1959]

Antarctica does not exist The Earth is flat!

[@michealroth120800]

And if you put Antarctica in a world of global warming deniers you get idiots and a melted Antarctica.

[@borisbrito5005]

I didn't know russia actually could fit in my phone's screen

[@projectstxven6785]

Nice!

[@vlad3729]

BER IS 😂😂😂👍

[@studini8026]

ААХПАХЗАПХАПХХАПХПАВ СУКА @@beris7361

[@studini8026]

@@beris7361 Так нет , я просто посмеялся. Так то , хули он Россию с маленькой пишет...

[@Ninhome]

@@beris7361 Кажется, что-то сломалось. И это ваша национальная гордость.

[@bryancadents3559]

What’s fascinating to me is to see how close some parts of the world are to one another when you take into account the spherical shape of the earth. On a map, Russia always seems like it’s so far away from the US, but from the perspective of the North Pole, Russia is strikingly close to Greenland and Canada.

[@christophb2736]

The closest distance between Russia and the US is the Bering strait. It‘s 53 mls. That‘s mainland. In the middle of the strait are the Diomede islands. One is Russian, the other one is US. The distance is less than 5 mls.

[@control_the_pet_population]

During the Cold War, all the bombers and missiles for both countries were stationed in the north, because that was going to be the route of attack if the Cold War became hot.

[@samuelluria4744]

Even Sarah Palin knows this, come on.

[@samuelluria4744]

@@control_the_pet_population - Bombers and missiles aren't stationed. Personnel are stationed.

[@control_the_pet_population]

@@samuelluria4744 congrats on the semantic wankery... there is one in every comment section.

[@lightmagus]

I noticed the map was much less accurate than I thought when I first flew from South America to Europe, passing through Africa takes way more time than the map suggests.

[@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790]

The flight plans of intercontinental travel are never straight lines.

[@owaisahussain]

I remember my flight from Dubai to Durban. I ate, read, worked and slept twice. That's when I realized that Africa is humongous.

[@user-qp8uj1lc3j]

​@@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790Because we DON'T live on a globe !

[@vanz681]

“Alaska isn’t that large” *Takes up 1/3 of the US*

[@thegoat5375]

Vanz :O braaaah

[@youcefrouibaalger]

XD

[@Timzoo69]

Vanz Alaska is bigger then about 100 countries XD

[@tonylopezssharts]

@@Lamster66 it's a state, just up by Canada

[@tonylopezssharts]

@@Lamster66 didn't you ask if it was part of the u.s? in that case, yes that was my assumption.

[@henriks.korsvik527]

The fact that The Sahara is as big as the Us is mind blowing

[@astroida4390]

Yh

[@vornamenachname906]

fact

[@marioncoutts1541]

No it's not

[@ZyGotham38]

Fun Fact : Sahara Desert has almost the same size as USA but smaller than USA like 500,000 square kilometers.

[@xblxssomx4914]

@@ZyGotham38 omg wtf

[@Chipchase780]

I’m pretty chuffed about this. I always believed I lived in a small three bed mid terrace house, and suddenly see that I could be living in a much grander detached 10 bedroom mansion with swimming pool ! 😃

[@SSG-Edits]

100 sq. KM pool

[@hermilapile7315]

I've always loved maps. This is very well put together and I loved the size comparisons you make. Truly gives a great glimpse of the different misconceptions about country sizes. Thanks!

[@justinmarston4106]

Maps are the best

[@nadhininandhu8905]

🍫🍫

[@newheadstart]

Yes maps are a really great thing

[@asleepcloud]

I love maps too always have

[@xd_caden]

You roasted Wyoming hard

[@tygonmaster]

Wyoming roasts itself harder.

[@braveheartgaming2475]

You know what else is roasting? Arizona. Y'now, Cus it's hot there.

[@Tr6piex]

Nah its not real it is just a chunk error

[@hr0727]

Good

[@infogames2724]

@@tygonmaster me: laughs in South Asian

[@EllRatioBozo]

*Africa becomes one country* Russia: Now this is an avengers level threat

[@vicant_deadangelsnight2168]

No its a rusvenger threat level

[@deep4898]

@@vicant_deadangelsnight2168 L

[@DarkPeter]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alofii6106]

Vicant_dead angel's Nightcore AfroEuroAsia: *Impossible*

[@4llerz]

666 likes

[@adriennegormley9358]

I did study geography in college, and have been a geo geek since. And the one thing one of my instructors insisted we learn was how distorted the Mercator projection is. It's purpose originally for navigation route plotting. But one thing I learned is that of all the equal area map projections that I know of, the one that distorts the LEAST is the Goode's broken homolosine. There c are some equal area maps that distort the Shapes of the continents so badly they're neatly unrecognizable.

[@tomkelly8827]

As a Canadian, I can say Mercator projections are my favourite ones! I was shocked to go to Jamaica and Panama when I realized how much bigger they were than I had expected.

[@alfie5289]

lmao "But drop Russia down next to Africa she is much smaller." "she." *"SHE."* dID yOU jUST aSSUME a lAND mASS'S fUCKING gENDER iS iT bECAUSE iT'S a lARGE cOUNTRY HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@noodles91380]

Alfred Braginski don't Russians refer to Russia as "mother russia"?

[@alfie5289]

+noodles91380 Ohhh. I knew that but I wasn't thinking when I posted the comment. Idiot me being idiot me XD

[@Yanya420]

Alfred Braginski For mother Russia!

[@leilam7897]

Let us become one with mother Russia

[@eleonoramustafaeva1303]

In Russia, Russia is 'she', as well as America, Australia and England. However, China, Honduras, Cairo and Kazakhstan are 'he'

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

When Russia is way smaller than on a map but Russia is still bigger than Pluto

[@Clair-Bear]

is it actually? Because if so, that’s crazy!!

[@literma_]

Hahahahs

[@Quincius]

It actually isn't, but there is no doubt that Russia is huge. Pluto has an area of 17,646,012 square kilometers, making Pluto larger than Russia

[@MrInstantRamen]

@@Quincius Yeah, turns out they found out that Pluto is a little larger than Russia. *Soviet Union reunites to be larger than Pluto again*

[@bayraktartb2483]

@@Quincius no,Pluto is 16.650.000 km²

[@RELAXZILLA]

In reality, Africa is a huge continent, but they show it as smaller. Thanks for this video that shows this fact that few people realize looking at the map.

[@drhkleinert8241]

Once i had read that the Moon is just the same size like Africa, so the Moon isnt that large everybody thinks

[@yusuf3005]

Afrika'nın küçük gösterilmesinin en büyük nedeni ırkçılık. Ve buna bağlı olarak üstünlük kompleksidir

[@qwerty_qwerty]

No? In reality, Africa is a huge continent, but they show every other continent as bigger.

[@Knightmare2018]

I never liked how the Mercator projection was used so commonly as a classroom kind of map, it was created for air travel so they could have straight lines on the map. There are other projections that don’t distort as much I think would work better.

[@skyworm8006]

Mercator long predates aircraft. It's more practical for navigation of any sort, which is what maps are actually used and created for. But for teaching geography, globes should be used. In a classroom environment, there's no reason not to.

[@shashn4017]

Britain: I used to rule the world

[@Timzoo69]

The Spanish: I used to rule the whole america....

[@danielogipl7051]

France: am i a joke to you?

[@danielogipl7051]

@@Lamster66 lol

[@jemr3]

The replies sum up england year 8 history

[@danielogipl7051]

@@jemr3 🐢

[@jokolololo_3921]

Alaska is not that big “moves Alaska to Europe” bigger than most Central Europe

[@agachaempire1284]

Ja now go back to ya reich

[@deadchannel_1]

69 likes

[@BJJ543]

British Empire why u nazi

[@guicorleonex7947]

He was using the map size, not the real size

[@jokolololo_3921]

Monarchist Commander ik That he was it’s a joke

[@niwty]

The fact the UK, and particularly England, is so small shows you just how much it punched above its weight when building its empire. Respect.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Indeed. It all started when they ran out of trees to use as fuel and building material. On a side note, after the New World was 'discovered' the first thing they wrecked for profit was (in their minds) the endless, inexhaustible forest around settlements and the frontier, shipping countless logs back to Europe. Many accounts claim how awestruck the sight of all the trees were from the sea, compared to their depleted, long gone woodlands back home.

[@Sam-zu5mr]

Totally. Still can.

[@h.a7191]

Through imperialism and colonialist policies. Rape pillage and torture

[@davidioanhedges]

The main countries that ruled the seas are all relatively small ... The Netherlands are tiny, but had a trading Empire to rival the rest

[@jinglemyberries866]

@@carlsaganlives6086 i once heard that britain used canadian and or new england white pines as ship masts. Those trees must've been huge.

[@Z3N1TY0]

I like how once the colors are on a country, you can see the cities and the names

[@dhanushbhandary]

UK is the best example of "Size doesn't matter"

[@leob4403]

It's all relative though. UK stretches from the French coast up to above Bergen on the west coast of Norway. That's pretty mind boggling in a way

[@westside4372]

@@leob4403 bergen

[@makesparkzfly]

@@leob4403 bergeN

[@leob4403]

@@makesparkzfly what's this some meme that I missed

[@ravitamavi1483]

@@leob4403 Bergen

[@BangMaster96]

A teacher once asked me "What is farther from USA, the moon or Australia ?" I replied "Australia" She asked me again angrily "Are you dumb, how on Earth is Australia farther than the god damn Moon!!?" I replied "Because i can see the Moon from USA, but i can't see Australia :)" Teacher shocked I rocked

[@shuquanthomas405]

I actually LOL nice one dude.

[@shuquanthomas405]

+scruffy “scruff” farmdog I like turtles

[@princereechaos133]

What?

[@jaden-zi7hg]

What kind of teacher would ask such stupid questions

[@hotelaivani4801]

i was 10 when i first heard that story. You are a little liar : *

[@rbbecker73]

The one that surprised me that I learned recently - the distance between New Zealand and Australia. I always thought of NZ as an island off the cost of Australia, but the distance between them is about the same as the distance between New York and Los Angeles.

[@aryanjadawala4835]

No it's not that big. Distance between Australia and new Zealand is around 1600km whereas distance between LA and New York is around 4000km

[@rbbecker73]

@@aryanjadawala4835 Ok, just googled it, and you're right. Apparently, the result that usually shows up when you google the distance between Australia and New Zealand measures between the centers of the two countries, which is a completely useless piece of information.

[@stevep2430]

Just to get the heckles up from our Kiwi neighbors, it is to close.😁

[@delzeir]

@@rbbecker73 stop making fake news dawg

[@samuelluria4744]

@@stevep2430 - Just to get the heckles up from our thankfully distant penal descended cousins who don't do the English - *too close.

[@CS-zb3ff]

Truly fascinating. I enjoyed the comparisons, and was surprised by many, especially Japan when by the East Coast of the US. I think most surprising to me is how many countries fit in Africa.

[@thelistener2909]

Russia bro

[@broshido2745]

He said a lot of bullshit, buy a globe and then you will see the right sizes

[@adamblackler488]

???

[@rommelpaliza5949]

Rafael Samardzic Fuck u

[@vregsharmodan3333]

Not really open minded or troller lol

[@pbilk]

As well the flat map with circles that indicate the earth.

[@pbilk]

Such as: www.bing.com/images/search?q=land+accurate+map&view=detailv2&&id=49BEC88D70F526D40BA516749ED6BFBBC5BE45C4&selectedIndex=22&ccid=mxRgfe8Y&simid=608020886164016134&thid=OIP.M9b14607def18e7159e7250b7d5d76818o0&ajaxhist=0 Or: www.bing.com/images/search?q=land+accurate+map&view=detailv2&&id=246772BE49FDCEDE3E2223FC85529C37BF27F9B2&selectedIndex=40&ccid=2MCDmdM8&simid=608014134480537835&thid=OIP.Md8c08399d33c9ce341eab083de90fc6co0

[@oscarofastora7422]

why does this have so many dislikes?

[@GAMINGKNOWSTHEBEST]

Isaac Garitee cuz earth is flat

[@oscarofastora7422]

no.... it's not....

[@andrickmedrano1483]

It must be hard being that fucking stupid

[@crunkya3218]

the Americans can accept their size

[@NigelUltra]

Hallison Michel is one of those people who say Americans are rude while they always start shit with us.

[@Gohka]

Brings in to light just how tightly packed in we are here in the UK. Considering we're an island smaller than Madagascar we have a population more than twice of them. 28 million for Madagascar and 67 million for the UK. Or perhaps even more mind blowing the UK is 41 times smaller than Canada and 32 times smaller than Australia but has a bigger population than the two countries combined. 25 million for Australia and 32 million for Canada, together make 63 million still 4 million fewer than the UK.

[@kalibiznes]

Not good for UK

[@Gohka]

@@kalibiznes The UK is falling apart at the seams. I'm honestly certain that before the end of the decade there won't be a UK any more.

[@patrickfennell1875]

Canada has over 38 million people. Your point is still valid though. 👍🏻

[@JunkBondTrader]

true, but consider this: Canada has so much freshwater on its surface, if you count only dry land, USA and China are actually a fair bit bigger than Canada. 80 percent of our population hugs the USA border. Our interior is very rugged and virtually uninhabitable. Though still a lot smaller, UK has pretty flat, liveable terrain, so at least ya make the most of it :p australia same deal, they almost all live in 3 cities.

[@blackhole3407]

That is not really fair as 95% of australias population live on 5% of its area along the coast. Canada is massive but it is mostly covered in forests, mountains and uninhabitable tundra.

[@gupto9857]

You are a great channel,your language is so smooth to understand and have really a logic that's why I subscribed you to avoid watching crazy infografic show..

[@darth856]

Basically the closer to the poles a country is, the more distorted its size becomes.

[@jadisclemmer756]

Only in Mercator maps

[@Kevoin_]

@ That are not a sphere I guess

[@Kevoin_]

@ Projections of a place on a plane?

[@minecraftboy5145]

That is only in the Mercator map and not so don’t even

[@salahtouijar4800]

4:59 Man is warmest place to hide.

[@Todd.P]

It would be nice if they could invent some sort of 2D map that shows correct proportions. Globes are nice, but you can't hang it on the wall.....

[@noodles91380]

Todd P. there are several different projection that have accurate areas, but they distort other things instead. no projection is perfect

[@kaminarikitsune2744]

What if you just, I dunno, mounted a globe on the wall at eye level?

[@noodles91380]

Kaminari Kitsune the problem with globes is you can only see half the planet at any given time, and the areas near the edge of the visible portion are hard to see at that.

[@kaminarikitsune2744]

then just... walk up to it.

[@noodles91380]

Kaminari Kitsune walking up to it won't help, you can still only see part of the earth at any given time. this extends beyond classroom wall maps. academic and government studies and reports often need to display things on a world map. news articles, etc. all need to show the whole world at once on a flat surface.

[@webbberman]

I have watch a couple of your videos everyday. Love that you keep your personal opinion out and it is fact base. The graphics, animation and editing, etc are excellent. Love this shit!

[@silvereloking6149]

2D map is really bad for kids, I would ban that map from schools

[@eskder6388]

In my opinion a really intresting geography fact is that Chile reaches all the way from Libya up to Norway.

[@Polylep]

How so? Chile is a south american country while Norway and Libya are in Europe and North Africa

[@eskder6388]

William Isom I know but if you put it in europe

[@Polylep]

@@eskder6388 Oh, I understand now, sorry I just got a bit confused

[@eskder6388]

William Isom it’s ok!👌

[@Quadrocephis]

I find it crazy that Chile can stretch from Saturn to the andromeda galaxy

[@adriankeller7726]

Me sees russia in globe: Reality is often disappointing...

[@customerservice1323]

Im not believing any of this, he sounds like he made all of this up

[@rostislavplyusnin5690]

Да конечно😂😂😂 Ты просто смотришь слишком много пропаганды... Не надо верить всему, что показано по телевизору. Только если живёшь в Россие. В этом случае строго рекомендую!😬

[@customerservice1323]

@@rostislavplyusnin5690 Привет

[@ragingcomedy1835]

Rostislav Plyusnin what

[@0slavsan0]

@@rostislavplyusnin5690 отличный совет как стать идиотом за 15 минут

[@bcfriardoyle7697]

Love this! Thanks for doing all the hard work.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Zaiffallah]

BUT WHY WOULD THEY SHOW US FAKE MAP ?

[@kittypurry9237]

So they can flatten it out, if you want the real one. Go to Apple Maps or google Earth and size it out all the way so u can see the entirety of Earth. Then it’ll be accurate. Remember. The flat paper maps that were showed in the video are not the accurate one..

[@SnazzyZubloids]

This is what a lot of Europeans don't understand, and why they wonder why we're not more culturally diverse here in the United States. They can drive 6 hours and cross the borders of two different countries. We can drive for 7-8 hours and still be in the same damn state.

[@TheSaplingFriendz]

In Canada we can drive for 20 - 25 hours and still be in the same province.

[@oliviersavard8676]

+scruffy farmdog The biggest province in Canada is Quebec and you can cross it in 15-16 hours from west to east you idiot, and don't tell me from south to north there aren't any roads doing south to north

[@TheSaplingFriendz]

Olivier Savard From the southeast corner of BC to the Northwest corner is 23-27 hours driving.

[@SnazzyZubloids]

This is good info fellas, but I was talking about the US, obviously. Canada's Provinces are much different geographically compared to our States. I've edited my original statement to reflect that.

[@snapqueen491]

I live in the Netherlands near the border of Belgium. And it takes about 2 / 3 hours too get to the top of the Netherlands. Well, our country is verry small.

[@peterthepanda]

Flat-earthers: We have members around the globe. Everyone else: Say that again SLOWLY.

[@Helpeufgabwhwjwkdj]

I dont get it

[@jamesvera_28]

Domi igli here I’ll explain it to ya Flat-earthers: we have members all over the *”globe”* They say “all around the *globe*” but for them isn’t the earth flat? Get it now?

[@Helpeufgabwhwjwkdj]

@@jamesvera_28 thanks now i get it and its actually really funny😂😂

[@imabanana633]

👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻

[@robreneau2959]

It's "we have members all AROUND the globe".

[@frankduffy7471]

Fantastic representation! I knew this all to be true but to see it presented this way is awesome!

[@kindnessfirst9670]

There is a great episode of the TV drama "West Wing" where a group of cartographers inform members of the US President's top staff what the Earth's countries and continents actually look like and how their sizes compare to each other. The staff members were unaware that all maps are distorted in one way or another (sometimes VERY distorted) and that the placing of the Northern hemisphere at the top of maps was arbitrary.

[@laurag7295]

I remember that one!

[@catlessor5597]

As someone who lives in texas, it takes about 11 hours to get to the other side of texas.

[@catlessor5597]

Yea if you had family members on the other side of Russia I can see that being sort of a problem. It'd take a month to get across texas walking wise so Russia is definitely x4 that.

[@jasonmcdaniel345]

No it doesn't. I crossed Texas in under an hour. Granted, I was on an airplane.

[@catlessor5597]

@@jasonmcdaniel345 yea I meant driving, going anywhere on an airplane will probably take under an or an hour lol, texas can't beat that.

[@knockdown10]

bruh it takes 13 hours to go to canada from dubai

[@kinghero22]

Thats cute start 1/4 way up the coast of western australia drive for 15hrs and you got half the way up big long boring drive

[@16gcoasta]

In Soviet Russia, size distorts you

[@VakoBeatz]

family guy!!lol

[@CRocker246]

hahaha Yakov Smirnoff, nice.

[@keithpryor411]

+VakoBeatz that's only from Family Guy if you're under 25. Much older. sry

[@royatoy5769]

Is that why they think all americans are obese?

[@MC-CFC]

hahaha

[@Tworelzza]

When you said that the DRC was a colony of Belgium and you compared the two countries, I realized that during the time when Belgian Congo exits, Belgium probably might be bigger at that time too. (Idk i just noticed)

[@carlenasp]

Ty this is awesome..i knew the map sizes werent right. Thank you for your work

[@r3lgen]

km^2: Russia 17,075,200 Canada 9,984,670 United States of America 9,826,630 China 9,596,960

[@MDP1702]

landmass doesn't say everything, large parts of russia is uninhabited, antarctica has a great landmass, but no population, except perhaps people on bases or so, but they are foreign

[@MuradBeybalaev]

You are prohibited from listing world countries' populations without mentioning China.

[@MDP1702]

yeah, the 1,383,127,117 at this moment is quite large but this might not be all good, because they might have an elderly problem within 30-40 years or so, seeing the largest growth was in the past and is now slowing down a little, other developed nations will face the same problem even sooner, this is a consequence of prosperity and progress

[@someguy9204]

Yeah, the video isn't entirely accurate. You would have to readjust the entire landmass you're compairing according to how it stretches away from and to the equator in addition to doing the same for the other to get a better picture of size. But that would've required a lot more effort, of course.

[@MDP1702]

yeah, he could have shown some other maps where the curvature is better 'mimiqued'

[@Noob-kn3wj]

“As we can hopefully agree upon, the earth is a sphere.” Flat earthers: No

[@stefan42069]

flat earthers: and i took that personally

[@davidhunt7249]

Thank you!!! ✌👍😄 Flat earthers live in a flat universe. 👎

[@ygotsvlog3762]

@@davidhunt7249 no they only think earth is flat

[@ashleysloan3217]

Earth is the shape of a torus

[@lwinsoe3870]

the universe is actually flat a least for a few deacades and our older telescope prove it is flat

[@Hip-HopHeroin]

That was pretty slick how you fit those countries so well as states in the usa. You must be crazy good at puzzles

[@ADanceCalls]

Very informative. Thank you for sharing

[@nicksingh8061]

Is it just me being European or is no one surprised by any of this?

[@arrow2552]

We all saw this coming

[@wissam24]

This is a classic example of an American being scared and amazed when he saw a map for the first time.

[@ismaelkafer5201]

LOL kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk I laugh so loud

[@nicksingh8061]

wissam24 "omg so there ARE more countries than USA, Mexico, commieland, Canada and the ancient lost realm of Englandia?"

[@otakuaroundtheworld1827]

Ahahah I'm not surprised at all...I only thought Russia was bigger. I use maps that have curvatures, not flat maps.

[@seansmagee]

The comparison putting Japan on the east coast of the US was the most surprising to me.

[@AmythefirstA]

Yeah, it always looks tiny next to China.

[@frankmarano1118]

Same! I had no idea it was almost the size of the east coast! Makes the population there make a little more sense now

[@daroldcarold3443]

I wasn’t surprised

[@thetimelapseguy8]

​@@frankmarano1118 Well actually most of Japan is mountainous and inhabitable, so it's still a relatively compact country.

[@jobvandelaar7977]

Mine was sweden and madagaskar !

[@arlenealennox3136]

This is why I have a couple of globes in the house to get an accurate picture in my mind. I discovered just today that Murmansk, Russia is only 2700 miles from Point Barrow, Alaska, straight across the Arctic Sea over the North Pole. Every classroom teaching this stuff should have a sizeable globe.

[@nickthelick]

This stuff blows my mind too... You realise that there are still unexplored places on the Earth, ie parts of the African Congo and South American Amazon (and more!), parts of Siberia/Russia/China/Mongolia, also Antarctica too... Extremely remote places, extremely difficult to get to!

[@taz-on-the-looseyusef5526]

i always wondered why americans can drive from one state to another in few hours, that explains it

[@rager5865]

? It's near the equator so it is barely distorted...

[@TheZodiacz]

yes but some states (Rhode Island, Delaware etc) are very small so it's possible to drive across some states reasonably quickly.

[@nikolai3620]

Technically you can drive all the way across America in 48 hours, but that would require constant driving.

[@stonecold3936]

Taz-on-the-loose Yusef becasue, common sense

[@bradtucker5170]

takes me 2 days constant driving to get to my mums place here in australia,, and im not quite at the top and shes not quite at the bottom so maybe 3+ days top to bottom and across is about the same.

[@jeremywj]

I started cycling a few years ago and now often do 50-100 mile rides on country roads. My point here is that you don't even realize how big the area is around where you live until you get out and explore it at speeds less than the cars we drive today. It's so small when compared to a world map, but even the smallest of areas is really massive.

[@doctormorbius6430]

The areas are not that massive. The fact is, humans are just severely limited physically.

[@thatmarchingarrow]

@@doctormorbius6430 Well, big and small are only relative, and since we are human, it makes perfect sense to judge things by human standards and capabilities. Not that we should do that always, just that it's perfectly valid.

[@evilchaperone]

Totally agree. The county I live in is 15,000 square miles and only 35,000 people. There are more dairy cows than people.

[@user-fj4en7cq8d]

Earth big. Human small.

[@DJToneRI]

I have a gas powered scooter that I've been riding around my around my town and throughout the back roads and it really does give you a whole other perspective. So many beautiful little areas that you wouldn't know existed unless you saw it from the eyes of a scooter or a bicycle

[@Iambriangregory]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE INSIGHTS IT'S FASCINATING

[@Killer66hitman]

I think about this alot an always find it difficult to explain so cheers for that

[@satellitefeed1665]

Brazil was shocking, but the UK and France and the rest of Europe being sooo tiny was just incredible.

[@koln8273]

Satellite Feed More than half of Brazil is amazon rainforest ( I would say 60% ) so... That's why nobody lives in the interior down there but near the coast or in the southernmost part of the country.

[@rafaelpascoaliczerniej297]

köln actually not,60% of the rainforest is In Brazil,but it covers way less of the Brazilian territory

[@hejsbsisbskcbksbsisbsjdnsk7595]

Satellite Feed I know I love living in a cute tiny country

[@local_catgirl3344]

I thought Australia being larger than I thought was incredible

[@Danspy501st]

And yet, just think about that Europeans petty much made colonies around the world

[@jackloughridge7617]

I noticed that when i lived in brazil i would fly for hours and barely move on the map and then I moved to europe and i would move a large distance on the map in not much time.

[@leob4403]

You get the same effect when you use the google map, it takes a lot longer to zoom in the south

[@sneak1677]

that's just geography my dude

[@samyakhp4353]

This would be more evident if you compared traveling in Russia, Scandinavian countries, Greenland or Canada to Brazil.

[@Chris.P.Bacon.]

I feel the same living in Texas and have to drive to a different city. It can take 10-15 hours and you're still on Texas!

[@nhardukhanastartes5981]

I know the feeling

[@margaretoni4309]

Great find, thanks for sharing

[@laurag7295]

Thank you, I really enjoyed this!

[@farouddy]

The fact about how huge is Brazil shocked me!

[@MarceloLangame]

Inside Brazil, we have 26 states, with diferent accents of our language, the portuguese. And the most important: not every brazilian live in the amazon forest, located on the north, maybe only 5 million of the total 200 million citizens. Come and visit us!

[@shampoo1857]

Marcelo Langame yeah come visit us

[@farouddy]

If I get the chance to, I would never say no :)

[@alexandrealbertoni7598]

The world's 5th-largest country.

[@te1lm]

+Marcelo Langame is it true that everyone is a Neymar fan?

[@Illoosion]

This comment section is terrible

[@basiliskboy17]

ikr, full of flat earthers

[@space9249]

comment on the dudes gordon is weird thread its funny

[@GroundHOG-2010]

I was about to say the same thing. People who don't know basic physics, or geography, and are trying to defend not knowing those things.

[@p1zzaisawesome]

ik every1 is idiots

[@thepug1603]

+Easily Offended White Guy username checks out

[@caram2064]

❤️ Very informative and interesting - thank you 🙏 ❤

[@LITTLE1994]

This is why I wish I still have my globe from my childhood. I'm sick of seeing those incorrect maps.

[@LoL-sq3xe]

On the map Greenland looks about the same size as Africa but actually Africa is 14 times bigger than Greenland

[@jimmyfawwaz6374]

Yup, that's right

[@Humaidan.]

Well Greenland is almost as big as Saudi Arabia lol

[@imadog6337]

But still its kinda mindblowing an island is 16 times smaller then one of worlds 7 continents

[@Miner-hz7vi]

14*

[@anawesomepet]

@@imadog6337 how is that mind blowing? Oh, you mean it's so big that only 16 of those islands can cover Africa.

[@masterjedisam1578]

I thought everything was bigger in Texas. But now I know everything's bigger in Africa.

[@dirkdubinsky9585]

Viki M shut your stupid mouth

[@eliskakordulova]

except for food portions

[@TheSmashingBonesBR]

AAAAAACID

[@handmadezebra7366]

We should conquer the rest of Africa and use it for cultivation. No use letting all that real estate go to waste.

[@didousofiane3543]

algeria it the biggest Contry in Africa

[@tjjones621]

Fun fact: All flatearthers use the globe map to navigate Earth. Funny fact: They all think they are driving around on Gleason's time chart.

[@IIISentorIII]

It's true that my Switzerland is relatively small from a top down view, but if you ever see our Mountain landscape for yourself you realise how different this country is from others in "size" :)

[@leylandroberts4820]

Switzerland is so small that did you know we get more volume of snow in Australia than Switzerland? Yes Australia not Austria!

[@largelysubatomic]

So did people skip 6th grade geography class on the day map projections were taught?

[@someonenew225]

you seem to forget that not all people got to the same fucking school as you

[@TomaszWota]

Yeah, but this is primary school stuff, come on...

[@frozeneternity93]

I remember having to make a globe of the earth from a paper cut out. We were give a printed map with vertical slices in the map missing that, when cut out and put together, would make the globe with a round shape. The teacher explained that this was the reason the earth could never actually be shown on a flat map without pieces cut out. I think I was in grade 3 and I am from Africa. I understood this concept completely. Your American school systems have a lot to answer for.

[@march11stoneytony]

you probably just forgot

[@darrkstarg]

As an older American, I also learned this in school. And you are right, our school system was good at some point... but it is now a mess. The number of countries right now with a superior school system is in the double digits, and that is quite sad.

[@angelo9604]

So for anyone who doesn't get it since the world is a sphere when you try to put it on something flat you have to compensate so countries that are in the middle of the map get squeezed and the ones on the top of the map get stretched so when you get a continent that's near the equator like Africa it appears small and when you get a country far from it like Russia it appears massive

[@drumsbass8417]

Africa isn't a country.

[@KennethOdhiambo]

Drums & Bass why do you bother?

[@drumsbass8417]

Kenneth Odhiambo haha i hear ya! because idiots who think africa is a country cant be allowed to keep on spouting shit. i hope the original poster isnt an adult cos is he/she is then i am lost for words.

[@raheelbelal5848]

Kenneth Odhiambo

[@zacharyquinn2144]

Angelo Sandoval e

[@SarahJacksonLV]

Was hoping youd do the work for us and resize it all accurately, in one final image, lol.

[@aryansatvati4161]

It was very interesting thank you for making this video🤔❤❤

[@Glimmify]

Do you know: *Russia is bigger than Pluto.*

[@nikabrar2205]

Yes

[@timgooding2448]

@That_ Dude Yes. Russia's surface area is 400000km2 larger

[@geoffmiller3468]

Conspiracy and lies.

[@aoifehall1675]

Holy hell

[@wavyiann9788]

Geoff Miller we have pictures of both Russia and Pluto and it is indeed bigger

[@tylersip690]

All I'm hearing is the U S of A is the biggest and best damn country ever *bald eagle screeches*

[@grnd_ctrl8387]

I'm so 'Merican when I orgasm, it sounds like a Bald Eagle, and my semen is red, white, and blue.

[@yangyang3]

You better get that checked out. By a doctor.

[@grnd_ctrl8387]

Yang Yang Li Typical commie answer.

[@terra9672]

+Grnd_ctrl 'MURICA!

[@mitchell6757]

Russia is bigger

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Very interesting. Thank you!

[@ganon2352]

This man just clickbated flat earthers thats hilarious

[@GustavoFring19.]

Lmao

[@amandaguerra5004]

In Brazil we use the other type of map that keeps our size big

[@KingofKpop]

haha

[@kalvincastro9042]

The Gall-Peters map?

[@gabrieltarouco8164]

mostly this one, that i don't know the name www.estadosecapitaisdobrasil.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mapa-mundi.png

[@gavinkemp7920]

the main advantage of the map shown of the map shown on this video is navigation. you could draw a straight line and it gave you the direction to follow;

[@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547]

gavin kemp. With navigation you have to factor in your point of reference also. It's like Einstein's Theory of Relativity; it's only relevant with respect to the point of reference.

[@Godzilla-mq5zv]

0/10 No Toyota Corolla comparisons.

[@user-rj3qc2kx1i]

0/10 no banana for scale

[@mijnheerlijkebuitenlandseb3172]

Brötchen int brazil

[@GrayTeam83]

That's bonkers 😲 thank you for this great video sir

[@grantfryer407]

I'm in bread but french.. i really love your comments.. absolutely my kind of humour 🤪😆 keep it up

[@MarcusAseth]

so why do we have a map with wrong proportions in the classrooms? That's what I want to know

[@MarcusAseth]

ChrisX7 ok, so prove it

[@MarcusAseth]

The thing I see proven in the comment section are errors in the comparisons made in the video, not the fact that "is a lie that the Merrcator projection distort the proportion between places", therefore I don't see how your random comment "the video is wrong" is answering in any way to my question of "why do we have maps in classroom using the Merrcator projection?".

[@MarcusAseth]

And those much better projection are the one that should be used in school I think, or at least warn students about this fact and how to properly interpret that map

[@Nubnut]

Yeah, the other people in the comments section are wrong too, Mercator is great for depicting navigational lines, it was never meant to be used as indicative of scale of the globe so people using it as a general world map, and trying to determine size of country based off of it, are wrong. So no, it's not made wrong, no projection is really, just there are hundreds of different projections because, as said, there's no perfect way to show a sphere on a 2d map and so there are very specialized projections for specific uses. Using Mercator projection to try and depict an accurate world map is inherently wrong because it blows up everything in the northern hemisphere.

[@N254NK]

Marcus Aseth same reason we have a white Jesus..a pride thing.for example africa is the 2nd largest .it is expected that one answers that as the correct answer on a test but it doesn't look that way on maps does it.

[@WNxMercy]

But you're taking the "real sizes" and then comparing them against the "fake sizes". Still not giving us the accurate size comparison. Should be real size vs real size.

[@deusrex]

Nah he did compare real size with real size. When you see the scale of the country change when it's moved, that's it changing to it's real size in relation to the poles.

[@GrosserSchlumpf]

Still. If you take the example of congo. You have the tiny Belgium in Congo. Then move it further away from the equator and suddenly Belgium covers a bigger part of Congo then before. He didn't compare the true sizes of the continents because hes still on a mercator map.

[@thememeking6604]

I'm taking this as a joke... It's funny

[@gblargg]

He used the wrong map projection, and did lots of adjustments to compensate for this bad choice.

[@robertjenkins6132]

It's a 2D video using 2D maps, so he has to do some kind of projection.

[@Hip-HopHeroin]

I like how he mentions canada is “only” about the size of china when china is one of the biggest countries on earth

[@thomasklugh4345]

The map at the beginning of the video is a Mercator projection. It results in the northern continents looking larger than the middle and the southern. The psychological effects of it make one think, however subconsciously, that the northern land mass, and the peoples who inhabit them, are superior to the middle and southern. That, in turn, has a significant effect on a country's development.

[@wilcowen6284]

It'd not that deep

[@purplexsium]

mapmakers: russia is small also mapmakers: "reality can be what ever i want"

[@qui-gonjinn3322]

Also Russia: the biggest country in this freaking world.

[@pimpelpaars9098]

Russia is not small it’s giant

[@dijarkio2699]

@@pimpelpaars9098 what u mean giant, it huge

[@ashchkv]

А мне пох вообще, главное, что я тут живу.

[@henz819]

@@dijarkio2699 russia is the biggest country in the world

[@aidenfaurote]

The u.k went from owning 1/3 of the world to living on an island the size of Michigan 🤣

[@nursmalik6024]

BUT pay attention to a language you are talking in..

[@rachelsombo9045]

@@nursmalik6024 English is a mix of german and french , it did not belong to english people but to all europeans Latin and Germanic ones a good consensus !

[@bx-100senatecommandodroid2]

Rachel Sombo when the Normans conquered Britain they changed the language significantly to what it is today without them it’d be entirely different

[@Alejo.o.]

@@rachelsombo9045 wtf are you talking about english is a germanic language it has nothing to do with german it just has french influence but its not "mix" with german

[@enotsnavdier6867]

Nurs Malik Pay attention to the alphabet you are using. You're using the Roman alphabet, but do you think that matters for the Romans?

[@Imonly2andahalf]

Loved this. Always knew the global map was distorted in terms of land masses. I just never knew how much! Thanks for summarizing this for us!

[@Joy_PeaceLoveLight]

I'm 62 and I learned alot I've never known!..I loved it all thankyou!

[@a_worldly_man]

let's be honest. The only type of map we should be using is globes.

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

srankin1222 yeah but it's hard to carry globes everywhere

[@mortenfrandsen4683]

srankin1222 Google Earth on smartphones maybe?

[@MarkoGh]

only if ur an idiot that cant understand maps

[@Poggle566]

Make the flat earthers cry.

[@allbowdowntoemperorgriefmc4179]

srankin1222 you can't put a globe on paper

[@Hello-eq4db]

The Mercator Projection wasn't made to be accurate with respect to size. It was made so that the angles between places were correct, so that back in the old days, sailors could actually go places. If you want size accuracy, use a Winkel-Tripel Projection or something

[@pablopumarestaminiau7512]

Exactly. The maps were used for sailing... I'll never forget some guest on Oprah in the 90s that claimed these maps distorted the size based on white supremacy, to make Europe seem more important and Africa less. No, you idiot. They adjusted the 2D map to be able to sail from one point to another without getting lost at sea, wide of the mark

[@johndododoe1411]

@@pablopumarestaminiau7512 Also the 3rd world ice colonies Greenland and Antarctica actually look bigger than the master countries in Europe.

[@LOCATIONREDACTED]

@@pablopumarestaminiau7512 this is still going on, never let fact get in the way of a good grievance.

[@sd-ch2cq]

@@pablopumarestaminiau7512 The equator is commonly placed at 2/3th instead of 1/2. That part is fishy: moving the equator to its proper place makes africa and south-america look bigger and removes europe from the focal point of the picture. But using straight meridians is a logical choice for maps used for navigation. There is no reason to think that particular idea had anything to do with racism.

[@mqpar5.795]

​@@pablopumarestaminiau7512 Certain people will make everything about race. Due to distortion scale, countries up north are more distorted because at the poles there is no end, it's just infinity. Africa is less distorted because its on the equator. Someone should have told that guest "yeah that's how Mercator's work". It is dated but I'm just tired of people sh*ting on Mercators even though it has uses.

[@danielvikstrom4237]

wow, didnt know this. thanks you for making this contentinho.

[@zachrodan7543]

2:31 that had to be a fun puzzle to figure out, getting those all to fit like that

[@sefagunaydin110]

the earth is a triangle not flat

[@someloser8957]

+Shashlik it's actually shaped like a banana

[@DrowZCollDuty]

What, are you DUMB?!?!?! It's obviously Marijuana shaped.

[@Y_YX]

Earth is a parallelepiped you ignorant curs.

[@terminal7452]

+Fluffy Fwaff guys It's the shape of a dick... Duh

[@scarletrobin]

Triangles are, by their definition, flat

[@lemonwedge]

Teacher: so where did everyone went to this summer The super rich kid: 2:15 Edit: thanks for the likes :)

[@Ethanplayer]

Patrick with 10,000 subscribers with no videos 😂😂😂

[@thefrustrateddoc]

Underrated

[@nghitran5544]

Haha

[@daritos1294]

LOL

[@tsg-froak9845]

Patrick with 10,000 subscribers with no videos lol

[@kriwologie]

Thank you for that Video👍🏻

[@BlueCheezy.]

If you put Wyoming in Antarctica, approximately 6 people would die.

[@rubbers3]

16 seconds in, and I have to disagree. Earth is not a sphere. It's a geoid.

[@ulysses.sgrant1926]

You're the kind of guy that sits alone at a lunch table.

[@rubbers3]

Ulysses .S Grant You're the kind of guy that sits next to me.

[@ulysses.sgrant1926]

rubbers3 Well played.

[@rubbers3]

Ulysses .S Grant Thank you.

[@am33x]

It's a god damn oval sphere, because it's squashed at the poles. But you nerds can call it geoid or oblate spheroid.

[@baggio645]

3:47 is when I questioned all of reality

[@nairobinyeusi5811]

The reality is that Africa is Massive. Remove Russia off Asia's land mass and it's actually biggest than Asia.

[@maddogbasil]

imagine if the soviets realized that their empire was smaller than Africa they may have collapsed faster

[@Sanavat]

@@maddogbasil are you serious? AFRICA NOT MORE THAN RUSSIA.

[@4everkobebryant]

Tylar shut up fool. Get educated

[@Zetsuke4]

Same thats when i got really confused

[@geraldbodnar2718]

I never realized how big across the United States was untill I drove from California to Connecticut and back twice ! Alot of fantastic sites to see ! Also how much land has no towns or cities on them ! Alot of land !

[@kristianlavigne8270]

When you finally come to realize the World is Flat it all makes perfect sense.

[@user-od8nh9hc3p]

im sorry to hear about your recent brain injury

[@Delicious-Pizza]

How does airplanes work in your flat earth then?