Map Of Actual Country Sizes

Good thing this climate data scientist took up the task of educating the masses on country size comparison and put up a map projection that shows real sizes together with those shown in regular maps. There is a fun tool called the true size map that lets you drag and drop one country or continent over another to illustrate an accurate comparison in landmass. It's equivalent to 11% of the total world's landmass.

Use the area comparison tool to see how many times the united states is bigger than france, or compare any other pair of countries. Geographer and cartographer gerardus mercator came up with a solution back in 1569. The world maps are usually available in two different sizes:

A great tool for educators.

Focusing on a single country helps to see effect best.#dataviz #maps #gis #projectionmapping #. All 193 member states of the united nations plus the two observer states are given a rank number. Is greenland really as big as all of africa? The real size of countries and continents on a world map by adam hubka have you ever looked at a map and wondered how the actual geographical size of one country compares to another?