The Strategy Room
Drag the globe. See Ghana's reach as routes, and its culture as currents. Select a city for its true distance and bearing from Accra.
Accra station
- Facing
- 5.6° N, 0.2° W
- Selected
- None
- Distance
- —
- Bearing
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Preview edition · A headset version is planned
Each ring is 2,000 km from Accra. Distances and bearings from the centre are true. Hover or tap a city.
A map drawn from Accra
Most maps put Europe in the middle. This one doesn't.
This map is centred on Accra, and every ring is 2,000 km further out. Distance and direction from the centre are accurate, so the picture shows what a planner in Accra actually faces.
Centre here means vantage, not size. A small state's advantage is its position, its relationships and the quality of its judgement.
Great-circle distance from Accra
How far is the world, really?
Measured along the surface of the Earth, the shortest route a ship, a cable or an aircraft can take.