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True continent sizes (slrpnk.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or just scaled the country images to match land area?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

URL doesn't work for me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Thx. I've corrected it.