How can we fit all the CMPs we have in Australia

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Originally Posted by cletrac

Geoff, they need one comparing Australia to Canada. 4300 km from Vancouver and you'd barely be into Ontario!

David,

According to Canadian Government mapping:

Vancouver to Quebec City 3,792.5 Kilometres
Vancouver to Halifax 4,428.75 Kilometres

All the Northern Hemisphere continents are upwards of 1/3 bigger than they should be on a Mercator map (the equator is not in the middle) and this gives the impression of larger size. Also because Canada and Europe are so far north they have been stretched to fit on a flat bit of paper. In the far north of Canada one degree of longitude is less than 10 miles while in the far north of Australia one degree is about 55 miles. The map makers squeeze this out into straight lines of 60 miles so North Australia is about 10% bigger than it should be while Northern Canada is about 600% bigger than it should be.

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