time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 15 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1643arrow-down129cross-posted to: southafrica@piefed.social
arrow-up1614arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square213linkfedilinkcross-posted to: southafrica@piefed.social
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·15 days agoWell yes, Canada is larger if you count the ocean as part of Canada lmao
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 days agoYou say that but do you count Hudson Bay? Per population density, Canada is a 50 mile stripe along the US border.
minus-squarevenuswasaflytrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoHudson Bay is not counted, but the great lakes are.
minus-squarevenuswasaflytrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoIt’s not the ocean that’s being counted. It’s the Artic Islands.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down10·edit-215 days agoCanada total area: 9,984,670 km^2 USA total area: 9,866,624 km^2 Have a look a the respective 2nd digits of those numbers and consider that 9 is indeed bigger than 8. Source: Wikipedia.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down8·15 days agoTotal land area: 9,093,507 You are counting ocean as part of Canada, a thing not represented on maps. Imagine being this condescending and wrong.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-215 days agoNo oceans were counted. But the total area does includes lakes and rivers. And I already said earlier that the US slightly larger when you just look at land area. It’s no where near 10% though.
minus-squareMBech@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoYour numbers add up to about 1% difference in size, not 10%
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 days ago Imagine being this condescending and wrong You’re the one doing it
Well yes, Canada is larger if you count the ocean as part of Canada lmao
You say that but do you count Hudson Bay?
Per population density, Canada is a 50 mile stripe along the US border.
Hudson Bay is not counted, but the great lakes are.
It’s not the ocean that’s being counted. It’s the Artic Islands.
Canada total area: 9,984,670 km^2
USA total area: 9,866,624 km^2
Have a look a the respective 2nd digits of those numbers and consider that 9 is indeed bigger than 8.
Source: Wikipedia.
Total land area: 9,093,507
You are counting ocean as part of Canada, a thing not represented on maps.
Imagine being this condescending and wrong.
No oceans were counted. But the total area does includes lakes and rivers.
And I already said earlier that the US slightly larger when you just look at land area. It’s no where near 10% though.
Your numbers add up to about 1% difference in size, not 10%
You’re the one doing it