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arrow-up1290arrow-down1imageTrue continent sizesslrpnk.netBlaze@reddthat.com to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: geography@mander.xyz
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoI’m not sure, but I assume they’ve used some equal-area projection for the representation, so its angles are skewed, not the size.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoOr just scaled the country images to match land area?
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoOn 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.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThx. I’ve corrected it.
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.
Or just scaled the country images to match land area?
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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Thx. I’ve corrected it.