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arrow-up1234imagexkcd: Alphabetical Cartogramimgs.xkcd.comOtter@lemmy.ca to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·7 months agoThat’s what I originally thought, but if you compare Maine and Alaska, the sizes aren’t much different to my eye
minus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agoBut which map projection is he using?
minus-squareLesrid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoMaybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-27 months agoI don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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)_/¯