<p><img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/mercator_projection.png" alt="The other great lakes are just water on the far side of Canada Island. If you drive north from the Pacific northwest you actually cross directly into Alaska, although a few officials--confused by the Mercator distortion--have put up border signs."></p>
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<p>"<a href="https://xkcd.com/2082/">Mercator Projection</a>", by Randall Munroe, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License</p>
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<p>The other great lakes are just water on the far side of Canada Island. If you drive north from the Pacific northwest you actually cross directly into Alaska, although a few officials--confused by the Mercator distortion--have put up border signs.</p>

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Mercator Projection


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