Civixplorer on Instagram: "👉 The widely used Mercator projection distorts the actual size of countries. Developed in 1569, the Mercator projection was a revolutionary tool for sailors, but it’s not the best way to measure true land areas, since our planet is spherical. As the map stretches closer to the poles, countries like 🇷🇺 Russia appear much larger than they really are. The effect is most dramatic in high-latitude regions, where distortions can make entire continents look unrecognizably