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Not the same idea, but the same category. You can Drag countries to different places on the Mercator projection to see how they warp and change size. Classic e
by bangaladore 2y ago
Not the same idea, but the same category. You can Drag countries to different places on the Mercator projection to see how they warp and change size.
Classic example is moving Greenland onto the US. Or Russia. Russia isn't talked about much in this case, but its dramatic how it changes.
https://www.thetruesize.com/ https://www.thetruesize.com/
- jvanderbot 2y agoOh so the whole UK would fit in Texas, USA a couple times. And Greenland is like CA, OR, WA, NV combined. Good to know.
- cluckindan 2y ago”We and our 727 technology partners ask you to consent…” I would bet the billionaires in Trump’s good boys club are in it for the pardons they need after justice realizes what is being done with everyone’s personal data.
- aylmao 2y agoSome very impressive ones to look at here: - Colombia is about as tall as the USA's West Coast. - Brazil is comparable to Canada. - Indonesia is wider than Europe.
- OccamsMirror 2y agoAustralia is also one that blows people's minds. Larger than Western and Central Europe combined.
- KineticLensman 2y agoAnd the distance from Oslo to the top of Norway is similar to the distance from Oslo to Rome
- saghm 2y agoAn example I saw in school is that (if I remember correctly) you can fit the continental US, Europe, and China all inside Africa with some room to spare (and maybe a couple other large things I'm forgetting!)
- rufus_foreman 2y agoOne example: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/map-true-size-of-africa/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/map-true-size-of-africa/.
- saghm 2y agoThanks for this! It's possible I'm misremembering and this was the map I saw in school, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are others like it out there that maybe are a bit closer to what I thought I recalled