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minus-squareNeatNitlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·2 years 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-up25·2 years 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-up10·2 years agoBut which map projection is he using?
minus-squareLesrid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoMaybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.
minus-squareNeatNitlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoI don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareAmputret@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoThen why is Hawaii fucking massive?
minus-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.