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Blaze@reddthat.com to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

True continent sizes

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True continent sizes

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Blaze@reddthat.com to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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    I’m also interested in the true size comparison without the skewed size that occurs further and further from the equator when you make a flat, rectangular map from a sphere.

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      I’m not sure, but I assume they’ve used some equal-area projection for the representation, so its angles are skewed, not the size.

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        Or just scaled the country images to match land area?

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          On thetruesize.com they seem to use some equal-angle projection and the countries are reprojected while being moved. There, e.g. russia doesn’t seem to be that narrow when placed on top of Africa.

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            URL doesn’t work for me

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              Thx. I’ve corrected it.

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