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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoOr just scaled the country images to match land area?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 month 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.
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.