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Information Is Beautiful
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@infobeautiful@vis.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The real size of Iran

by @the.world.in.maps
made using https://thetruesize.com

A map titled "THE REAL SIZE OF IRAN" shows the outline of Iran, colored bright pink, overlaid onto the map of North America. The shape of Iran is positioned over the central United States and a part of Canada, with its borders stretching across multiple states and provinces, including North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and others, illustrating a scale comparison. The map also labels the United States, Canada, Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Northwestern Passages for geographical context.
A map titled "THE REAL SIZE OF IRAN" shows the outline of Iran, colored bright pink, overlaid onto the map of North America. The shape of Iran is positioned over the central United States and a part of Canada, with its borders stretching across multiple states and provinces, including North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and others, illustrating a scale comparison. The map also labels the United States, Canada, Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Northwestern Passages for geographical context.
A map titled "THE REAL SIZE OF IRAN" shows the outline of Iran, colored bright pink, overlaid onto the map of North America. The shape of Iran is positioned over the central United States and a part of Canada, with its borders stretching across multiple states and provinces, including North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and others, illustrating a scale comparison. The map also labels the United States, Canada, Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Northwestern Passages for geographical context.
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CEFurby
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@cefurby@alaskan.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@infobeautiful The Iran map is using a Mercator projection, which preserves angles but distorts area. A projection that preserves area would communicate better (more beautifully)

Your source shows a relatively accurate size comparison (projection on a projection). Presentng it in Mercator makes it more dramatic, but inescapably misleads the viewer as to relative area within the map. eg. this Florida - Florida map from your source.

#map #size #comparison #USA #Canada #Florida #Iran

A map showing eastern USA and southeastern Canada, with Florida highlighted in pink where it is located geographically, and a larger Florida highlighted in red superimposed on the map above the Great Lakes.
A map showing eastern USA and southeastern Canada, with Florida highlighted in pink where it is located geographically, and a larger Florida highlighted in red superimposed on the map above the Great Lakes.
A map showing eastern USA and southeastern Canada, with Florida highlighted in pink where it is located geographically, and a larger Florida highlighted in red superimposed on the map above the Great Lakes.
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derknopf
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@derknopf@punkstodon.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@infobeautiful theorema egregium saying hello 😁 maps are funny sometimes

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