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True continent sizes (slrpnk.net)
submitted 7 months ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
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[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Or just scaled the country images to match land area?

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

URL doesn't work for me

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

Thx. I've corrected it.

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