It is merely a projection tho, not based on actual measurements

yeah

ive heard recently the maps we had in school didnt have the continent sizes based on actual measurements htough

Yeah, because we live on a spheroid supposedly, so all flat euclidean maps are "distorted" to some extent

so teh continent size is accurate on globes

yes it takesa 3d object to represent everything properly

all flat maps are distorted and stretched, which is why antarctica covers teh whole bottom of maps

it's unrolled

Supposed to be. Altho the used coordinate systems are slightly in disagreement, but close

imma have to look into that

so flat earth mape and maps of the globe are both inaccurate thats what we are saying?

notice how GPS and google maps is always accurate

u think google earth is an accurate representation of the globe?

@jeremy Globe earth supposedly very accurate, the used coordinate systems maybe 50 miles off occasionally, idk

@jeremy Yes

it always pinpoints where I am precisely

can't do that with inaccurate maps

Slight errors exist, but the globe is supposed to be the best we got, like WGS84

so google earth is an accurate model of earth ok

Not always

@AstralSentient where is it wrong

For example, altitude values have error bars

So you can't always use google earth for getting heights over areas

ok go to google earth everyone

i use it a lot

what do you want us to look at

zoom out as far as u can

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globe

can u see anything that is 86 kilometers in diameter

On Google maps, it is flat

google earth use

zoom out as far as u can and tell me if u can see anything that is 86 kilometers in diamete

diameter

Ok

idk how to draw a circle on the globe

can u see anything thats 86 kilometers in diameter ?\

how about 200 km in diameter

Idk

give it a shot

can u see anything