Comment on The True Size of Africa - Misleading MapsComments−benologist13yThis article has been reworded by blogs since 2010 some time:http://calabarboy.com/2010/10/11/the-true-size-of-africa-kai...−joshuarrrr13yYes, and the idea of comparing Africa to other countries is certainly not new. Here's an example from 2006: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/35-the-size-of-africaAt the time, the Economist also redid the exercise starting with an equal-area projection: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartograph...−leeoniya13ypardon me, but where's Alaska?they list 9.629M for USA, Google says 9.827M. Alaska, according to Google = 1.718M.WAT?−pacala13yWhere is Canada? If we are to count huge landmasses hostile to human habitation, here we are:Sahara desert: 3.629 million sq miles (9.4 million km²) Canada: 3.855 million sq miles (9.985 million km²)
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This article has been reworded by blogs since 2010 some time:
http://calabarboy.com/2010/10/11/the-true-size-of-africa-kai...
Yes, and the idea of comparing Africa to other countries is certainly not new. Here's an example from 2006: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/35-the-size-of-africa
At the time, the Economist also redid the exercise starting with an equal-area projection: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartograph...
pardon me, but where's Alaska?
they list 9.629M for USA, Google says 9.827M. Alaska, according to Google = 1.718M.
WAT?
Where is Canada? If we are to count huge landmasses hostile to human habitation, here we are:
Sahara desert: 3.629 million sq miles (9.4 million km²) Canada: 3.855 million sq miles (9.985 million km²)