Maybe you saw the 'true size of Africa' graphic that was floating around a few months ago. The point was that on flat maps Africa looks smaller compared to countries in northern latitudes. (click it to big it) You need a globe to compare true sizes.
That lead to this spoof of 'how big is Alaska'. How many people are going to believe this? Bet there is more than one.
Posts
5 comments:
The classical example is how Greenland looks much larger than it is on Mercator projection maps.
Sarah Palin will believe it. :-)
Hmmm, not sure I've spent any time considering this, but thanks for the thoughts. I've missed your blog lately, but will be back more frequently soon!
Those were great spoofs!
I'm surprised Texas wasn't superimposed over one of the Aleutians. Or maybe it was and I didn't see it ... it would have been an optical Aleutian.
Post a Comment