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Comparing the true size of Australia vs Greenland "The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It became the standard map projection." This is the map I'm used to but it has major distortions. "The ‘authagraph’, a world map designed by hajime narukawa that aims to fix the problems with our current maps — distorted land and sea sizes and political and geographical misunderstandings." Link:  authgraph wins 2015 japan GOOD DESIGN grand award I don't like this map.  It doesn't seem like much of an improvement to me. THE TRUE SIZE OF MAP "The True Size" map lets you move countries around the globe,  to show how big they really are. Now this is my favorite map.  There seem to be fewer distortions and you can superimpose countries to see their relative sizes.  Each state and country's fl

Caution: Scary & Repulsive

Photography of Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York  by Patricia Gonzalez.

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This past week was great.  I usually like to be by myself (and Lynette) but this week we got together with some old friends for dinner on Thursday and in-laws on Saturday.  They are my daughter's father in-law and mother in-law. On the way to dinner on Thursday we stopped off at my brother-in-law's home for a short visit. I brought him two boxes of Mallomars, one of his and my favorite cookies.  They are only available for he cooler months of the year and mostly only in the northeast USA. Laurissa and Ryan called us on Skype on Sunday and we had a nice visit with our grandson Miles. 10 Weird Things You Didn't Know about Mallomars - Thrillist VIDEO: Video: The mesmerizing method in which Mallomars are made - The Globe and Mail

I found this video from YouTube on Lynda's blog Linda's Peaceful Place.  Here's the link:  Linda