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True sizes of countries
Jul 15, 2016 9:48 AM
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0xFADE
Well that is cool. Interesting as well that they are all roughly the same size.
awkwardmax
Mildly interesting
Treerone
*can't find a spot for canada* Fuck Hawaii.
waltsuffersfromRBF
The more you know....
HannibalHoseth
The Netherlands is 1/7 the size of the state of Michigan
Fuzzynubz
Put Pluto up there
luciferspicer
Mate fucking straya coming out a bloddy ripper.
thecolonels
Why not, like, go by surface area instead? I mean the quantitative number.
HillaryClintonsEyes
Because a visual representation might be easier to comprehend for most people. Large numbers are not relatable for most people.
711isAnInsideJob
This is why it's helpful to own a globe
drunkill
Should have lined them up in order. Still, good representation.
LearnedCoward
China and the US are the same size (within measurement error)... tied for third behind Russia and Canada
legendaryNOone
Source?
aw3efgz7p
http://thetruesize.com/
legendaryNOone
Thank you
cdrhiggins
thetruesize.com
AZRAELSBLADE
My life is a lie
variousvegetables
wut
Givemeabreak432
Mercator projection (normal map) stretches the regions close to the poles.
SwarmLord
This isn't really a normal map.
Givemeabreak432
I used normal map as a quick way to explain it from my phone. There are many types of world maps, but all of them have distortion of some
Givemeabreak432
type or another.
Carefuler
Or get a globe.
Ralfanans
China population~1.383.600.523
libben
And here is the website for you all! http://thetruesize.com/
Jelhammer
why arn't you higher
svenfelt
He has to work tomorrow
MisterJP
Source?
MyNamesNotPermanent
http://thetruesize.com
MisterJP
Thanks
justiina
http://thetruesize.com/
MisterJP
Thanks
mordaedil
I'm a little embarrassed to be on the same planet as some of you.
ssaberhagen
I'm a cartographer for a living and this is the best thing I have seen in a while.
ThisIsPelicanECHO419isAnybodyReadinMe
The Silent Cartographer was my favorite mission in Halo. That's the only other time I've seen that word used. Not sure why I shared that tho
Rouen
Always reminds me of this http://youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY
thefantasticzissou
I was looking for this!
Rouen
For what it's worth I'd vote for Martin Sheen http://youtu.be/l8BzByjH4q0
thefantasticzissou
Have you been listening to the The West Wing Podcast? They break down each episode, they're finally getting into a good rhythm
Rouen
I have not; that sounds amazing though I will look into it. Thanks for the heads up
ZakAmetyst
Oh I had forgotten they were doing that! Thanks for the reminder.
SJohnson23
Things that you know are The West Wing without even looking. That clip got my GF interested in watching the show with me.
Rouen
Sounds like a keeper
asaggese
Link?
eykompis
http://thetruesize.com/
asaggese
thank you
TheRealTiberSeptim
Source?
aw3efgz7p
http://thetruesize.com/
zephen
The square footage of the countries. The inherent flaw of putting round thing on flat thing
TheRealTiberSeptim
No no, I know about the Mercator projection and all that, just asking if the gif is from a website or something.
asaggese
http://thetruesize.com/
Sm9yCg
Source?
asaggese
http://thetruesize.com/
honeyham420glazeit
http://thetruesize.com/
v3li
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rightinthefeels13
Commenting to come back for the country sizing website.
RedError
Hoped they'd have continents as well, instead of having to pull out each country individually for non-unions
mrfirebass
Thanks
TheRealEdwardRooney
da real mvp
mrfirebass
went onto the website used the orange guy, dragged it over scotland and randomly placed it. i was put outside of a house WITH A KITTY CAT!!!
iWishYouWerentALiar
This is fucking rad and I never wanna forget this site exists.
Odac
Thanks
kingweasley
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NotToBeTHATGuyBut
TIL Antarctica is a country.
CosmicTeapot
It's not
Tomadzo
Australia is huge. It's a continent after all, but only about 15% of it hospitable right?
LearnedCoward
That also describes Canada, except for the continent part
tooomanysteves
Australia = 7 million sq km. USA = 9 million sqm (of which 1M sq km is Alaska).
LarryLevine
*habitable
Tomadzo
No. I figure most if it is habitable, but why would you want to live in the middle of a gigantic desert?
jagster357
Not exactly. It's 75-85% desert and people do live there, just not many because fuck that noise. I much prefer the coast to the Outback.
TheMovieGalaxyQuest
I'd never have guessed that noise is the big reason not to live in the outback.
AdrianDunne
None of it is hospitable.
kelpo122
Australia is a Country, Oceania is the continent Australia is in
futuralon
Oceania is a region, not s continent. Australia really is a continent.
tooomanysteves
No. Wrong on so many levels.
ignimbrite
Oceania is a geopolitical construct. Australia is on the Indo-Australian Plate which is subdivided further into subcontinents.
flatduojet
So the UK is comparatively a bean then?
creeperdarling
Right now we're more of a has bean.
ShurimanTurtle
http://prntscr.com/btakua the comparison on the site.
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MyNameisAvailable
Sir Bean
YanoSama
Yap, seems like it!
owlest
according to Chinese historical drama, we said that right before getting invaded and rekt
Mojopls
And I live in ireland
KillerTofu615
The UK is about the same size as the state of Oregon, Wyoming or Michigan. And those are our 9th, 10th and 11th largest states.
Xanoth
To add further context, the UK has a higher population than California and Florida combined.
Selisesq
Never more than 90 miles from the sea from what I hear. yet, somehow able to take over half the globe at one point.
IrateCanadien
Madagascar is slightly bigger IIRC
AnthropomorphicRepresentationOfMyRepressedAngst
Why should I tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea?
SkellingtonBones
Texas is as big as or bigger than most European countries, it's weird
SkellingtonBones
Inb4 fat jokes or "hurr 'murican"
sunnydelinquent
Alaska is as big as Half of Europe.
Cowboykalle
No, it's around 1/10 of Europe
sunnydelinquent
Shhhhh
Puluzu
Fun fact, Finland is larger than England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland combined.
imaginaryPeppers
Didn't know that!
Puluzu
Some even in Finland don't know this. It's bigger than Italy too. However Finland has a very low popular density with only 5,5M people.
dvsjr
Fin what?
SigynRose
Yes
rayeofsunshine
an insignificant baked bean swimming in a pool of marmite off the coast of Europe
RelevantImgurian
We're that guy who lives in a flat. But forcibly moved into 40 other houses whilst everyone was at work.
LvAllen
UK is Europe's clitoris. A small bean, but of oversized importance.
cgimw
But I can find the UK...
LvAllen
It's not that hard. Just slide your finger in to the Strait of Dover, and curl the tip.
thatsmynametoo
I tend to think the clit is -pretty- important.
LvAllen
Indeed it is.
flatduojet
Haha. That cracked me up. Never have I heard us being referred to as a clitoris before. I'll take it though.
christtalmighty
more of a has been
ticktockbent
actually, yeah. pretty tiny tbh
LearnedCoward
The UK is about the size of Oregon.
sunnydelinquent
Is it really? Shit that isn't much at all.
ticktockbent
Wanna become a state?
DrYoloMcSwagmasterIIIEsq
Seriously? I figured it was smaller than that
Selerox
Yeah, it's pretty much the same size. It's just a very different shape.
Selerox
But the same population as everything in North America west of Las Vegas. (US & Canada PST, including Alaska and Hawaii).
Selerox
Oh, and Alberta as well.
Selerox
Or if you want to put it another way, the populations of California and Texas combined.
Paddys4life
crazy to think they ruled the world for a bit but then look at italy....
ICantThinkOfAU
To be fair so did the Romans like you say, the French, the Germans had a fair few colonies, Dutch, Portugese and Spanish were huge too 1/2
ICantThinkOfAU
. The UK's the 11th largest country in Europe, out of 48, we really just don't have large countries other than Fr, Esp, Rus and Ukr 2/2
YanoSama
Italy never ruled anything.. they're a country on since mid-19th century! You're referring to the Roman Empire
LordResinexTheQute
Don't know why this has been downvoted, you're technically correct. Plus Romans and Italians are different, Italians being Roman + Lombard
LordResinexTheQute
(This is a grossly simplified explanation)
MyFavoritesIsAllComics
As a geography major, this gave me a chubby.
mangostar
As someone studying for a geography degree I do love me some maps
wholm
Spatial Scientist here! Whoop! Love me some maps.
mylakeisSuperior
Yassss
prattleassassin
As someone with a geography degree, I also chode out to map projections
stupidloudfarts
+1 for "choding out"
MyFavoritesIsAllComics
Yeah YEAH move those land masses soooo gooooood!
CaptVito
How's the job market looking?
Koshunae
What do you plan on doing with that degree? Just curious
Graygray9
I was forced to drop out of my geography degree, planned on going into meteorology! Hopefully some day...
MyFavoritesIsAllComics
Digital map making and data analysis. My degree is in GIS
ssaberhagen
I do GIS for a living if you need any resume tips or anything drop me a line. I'm going to the ESRI conference next year.
MyFavoritesIsAllComics
YES PLEASE
ssaberhagen
What are you trying to accomplish? Like what's your end goal? What sector do you want to work in? Is moving a possibility? Happy to chat
mongswoosh
Yeah the mercator projection is silly
tetracycloide
All projections sacrifice something to preserve something else. They have to in order to map a sphere onto a flat map. It's unavoidable.
Studoku
So buy a globe.
LadyShanna
All maps are wrong. Its fun to see thay
prattleassassin
It's neither Goode nor bad...
TheMrGUnit
It's a *passable* way to show the surface of a sphere in a world where squares & rectangles are king. Makes Greenland look awesome, too.
onthe6ball
on a Mercator, all straight lines are great circles. handy!
AuroraNora33
False. Look up Geodesy. The Earth is flattened and uneven. The only great circles are the Greenwich Meridian and the equator
AuroraNora33
I think
SCorinth
That's not true at all. You should go refresh your memory. Straight lines are "rhumb lines" on Mercator, not great circles.
nclu
Go butterfly!
scienceprimo
Not very useful for navigation, but it's still my favorite projection.
TheSaucyCrumpet
My go-to example for form over function, it's so pretty
ferrants
what kind of bird is that?
scienceprimo
No; it's actually very useful for compass, sextant, and clock navigation because all straight lines on the map will have a constant heading.
cuzitsthere
Haha sextant