Think the Philippines is small? Think again.
Source: Billy Santos’ Facebook Page
It reads:
On the subject of “Philippines is not a small country”: No we certainly aren’t. This is a photo of how large the Philippines is if the country was moved to a higher latitude on a map (Maps tend to portray areas near the equator smaller in comparison to ones nearer the poles. That’s what you get when you fit a spherical surface on a rectangular plane). In landmass we are larger than some prominentEuropean countries. Population-wise too. Add to that the fact that we are an archipelago and you’re sure to have a very complex social and economic landscape. Governance would certainly be more difficult than we would imagine. At the same time it is exciting to think that we really do have all that we’ll need to create prosperity for all in this country.
Our place in this world is truly a lot bigger 🙂
Thanks to www.thetruesize.com for the access to this kind of information 😀
Isn’t this amazing?
But it’s not true tho. Try to compare total size in either km^2 or sq. mi first then you’ll see how bigger other countries are in terms of pure numbers. E.g. Philippines = 300,000 km^2 while France = 640,679 km^2 and Germany = 357,114 km^2 [according to the website provided]. What the site shows is how certain countries would look like if you move them up or down relative to the equator as they are actually distorted by the mercator projection used. I know it’s good to be patriotic but please fact check first 🙂
TLDR: No we’re not bigger than prominent European countries, E.g. Philippines = 300,000 km^2 while France = 640,679 km^2
Mercator projection
lol. if you want to be truly revolutionary, report on the real shape of the world map