Compare the true size of countries

[HansV]

Many maps use the Mercator projection which hugely exaggerates the size of countries far from the equator. The True Size Of ... lets you specify a country and drag it around the map to see how it compares to other countries (the displayed size is adjusted while you drag).

[Rudi]

You would never say that Greenland and Dem.Rep. of Congo are the same size!

[AlanMiller]

This is brilliant! At last a chance to assure my European friends that "touring around Australia" will take rather longer than "seeing" Spain + France + Germany

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and to show people that Greenland doesn't really cover half the globe

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Alan

[RonH]

Brilliant Hans ... thanks for link.

[LisaGreen]

I love this sort of thing!

Lisa

[ChrisGreaves]

Many maps use the Mercator projection which hugely exaggerates the size of countries far from the equator. The True Size Of ... lets you specify a country and drag it around the map to see how it compares to other countries (the displayed size is adjusted while you drag).

Excellent. Thanks Hans.
I have long longed for a globe which would let me slide around countries.
This map lets me do that.

Now I want to be able to flip Australia on an axis Perth-Sydney to show USAns that Australia is really the USA from San Diego to the Carolinas, but much hotter!

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[ChrisGreaves]

And this I learned from the ESL cafe one night:-

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[Becks]

We could put Texas out past Laverton (in Western Australia) and nobody would know it was there

Regards
Kevin

[ChrisGreaves]

We could put Texas out past Laverton (in Western Australia) and nobody would know it was there

Thanks, Kevin, for giving me the segue into one of my favorite Texan Jokes
Cheers
Chris