Shorts & Facts's video: Why every map is wrong Shorts Facts 7

The Earth is of course a sphere, and when you try to make a sphere into a flat map, there will have to be compromises. A hands on example of this is trying to flatten out an orange peel, without tearing it, you can’t do it. As with any other compromises you have to make in life, there is some you can tolerate and of course some you can’t. Learn about the Mercator projection, the most used map. What it’s benefits are and the drawbacks. If you like the video, please subscribe and share. Shorts & Facts on social media: https://www.instagram.com/shorts_n_facts/ https://twitter.com/shorts_facts Music: Gold: https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music/gold?in=steffan-scherrer-l-ssfelt/sets/you-tube-komersiellbruk Talking with you: https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music/withyou?in=steffan-scherrer-l-ssfelt/sets/you-tube-komersiellbruk Links and further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuthal_equidistant_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albers_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_Mercator_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorema_Egregium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection http://thetruesize.com/ http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjInt/projInt.html http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjPCyl/projPCyl.html https://sacredmargins.com/2014/02/06/about-the-upside-down-map-of-the-world/