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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink34•7 months agoStates starting with A are huge, states starting with W are tiny. (If there were states starting with Z they’d be even smaller)
minus-square@TrickDacylink25•7 months agoThat’s what I originally thought, but if you compare Maine and Alaska, the sizes aren’t much different to my eye
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•7 months agoMaybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-27 months agoI don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-square@Anamnesislink1•7 months agoYeah, Hawaii is huge and Idaho is way smaller than it actually is, despite it being right behind Hawaii, alphabetically.
States starting with A are huge, states starting with W are tiny. (If there were states starting with Z they’d be even smaller)
That’s what I originally thought, but if you compare Maine and Alaska, the sizes aren’t much different to my eye
But which map projection is he using?
Maybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.
I don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Then why is Hawaii fucking massive?
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Yeah, Hawaii is huge and Idaho is way smaller than it actually is, despite it being right behind Hawaii, alphabetically.