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    • Projection mapsOverlay countries and compare their true areas.
    • World centerSee the world from the perspective of any country.
    • Compare countries and continentsOverlay two outlines at the same scale.
    • Earth laboratoryGlobe and disc maps, routes, shadows and the horizon.
    • Routes on a mapExplore great-circle and rhumb-line routes.
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    World center

    See the world from the perspective of any country.

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  • World atlas

    Open the world atlas
    • CountriesProfiles, areas, populations and comparisons.
    • LakesCompare surface area, volume and depth.
    • Water at true scaleExplore oceans, seas, lakes and rivers.
    • Largest countriesCompare countries by surface area.
    • Population density rankingSee where people live closest together.
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    Water at true scale

    Explore oceans, seas, lakes and rivers.

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  • Test your intuition

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    • Daily challengeA new set of 10 questions every day. Take today's challenge.
    • Size illusionTest your sense of country sizes.
    • PopulationWhich country has more people?
    • Population densityWhich country is more densely populated?
    • Name the projectionRecognize how the world is mapped.
    • Which lake holds more water?A lake's surface can be misleading.
    • Name the water bodyRecognize seas and lakes by their outlines.
    • Water or land?Tell water bodies and landmasses apart.
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    Daily challenge

    A new set of 10 questions every day. Take today's challenge.

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  • Understand the world and its maps

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    • Map projectionsUnderstand the properties and distortions of maps.
    • Flat Earth — check the factsEvidence, experiments and explanations.
    • ArticlesLook beyond the classroom map.
    • GlossaryCartography in plain language.
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    Flat Earth — check the facts

    Evidence, experiments and explanations.

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Maps and tools

Compare countries at the same scale, change your perspective and explore how maps work.

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World center

See the world from the perspective of any country.

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Projection maps

Overlay countries and compare their true areas.

World center

See the world from the perspective of any country.

Compare countries and continents

Overlay two outlines at the same scale.

Earth laboratory

Globe and disc maps, routes, shadows and the horizon.

Routes on a map

Explore great-circle and rhumb-line routes.

Choose a projection

Open any map and explore how it changes shapes and areas.

Results: 18

Mercator ProjectionConformal CylindricalRobinson ProjectionCompromise PseudocylindricalGall-Peters ProjectionEqual-Area CylindricalMollweide ProjectionEqual-Area PseudocylindricalWinkel Tripel ProjectionCompromise Modified AzimuthalEqual Earth ProjectionEqual-Area PseudocylindricalPeirce QuincuncialConformal PolyhedralBerghaus Star ProjectionStar-like Azimuthal-ConicAugust EpicycloidalConformal Two-SheetedPlate CarréeEquirectangular / Plate CarréeGlobe (Orthographic)Perspective AzimuthalWaterman ButterflyPolyhedral (butterfly), interruptedDymaxion (Airocean) ProjectionPolyhedral (icosahedral), interrupted, near-equal-areaWerner Cordiform ProjectionPseudoconical equal-area (cordiform)Spilhaus Ocean Map ProjectionOblique conformal in a square (ocean-centric)Gnomonic ProjectionAzimuthal perspectiveAzimuthal Equidistant ProjectionAzimuthal equidistantInterrupted Goode HomolosineInterrupted pseudocylindrical equal-area

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