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minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up35·1 year 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-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year 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-up10·1 year agoBut which map projection is he using?
minus-squareLesrid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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-21 year agoI don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareAmputret@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoThen why is Hawaii fucking massive?
minus-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.