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The Mercator projection distorts the relative sizes of countries.

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Is it true that the Mercator projection distorts the relative sizes of countries?

Yes. Multiple reference sources state that the Mercator projection distorts the size of landmasses, with distortion increasing with latitude, making it unsuitable for comparing the sizes of countries or continents.

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Mercator projection - Wikipedia
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Mercator projection - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection

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Web Mercator projection
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Web Mercator projection. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator_projection

The distortion of the Mercator projection
2020
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Nowosad, J. (2020). The distortion of the Mercator projection. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3670110

understanding-cultural-and-human-geography 202408
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understanding-cultural-and-human-geography 202408. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/understanding-cultural-and-human-geography_202408

Flattening the Earth: What World Map Projections Preserve, Distort, and Make Us See
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Flattening the Earth: What World Map Projections Preserve, Distort, and Make Us See. (n.d.). zenodo.org. https://zenodo.org/records/23436735

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