Editing 2927: Alphabetical Cartogram
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This comic shows a map of the {{w|United States}}, with every state resized based on where it appears in an alphabetical list of states. Hence {{w|Alabama}} is the largest state and {{w|Wyoming}} is the smallest. The joke is that the comic purports to "be more fair". But there's nothing fair or unfair about sizing states by alphabetical order, whether or not it is 'fair' in the first place to have states being shown as bigger or smaller merely because of raw geographical fact (and perhaps a ''little'' bit of [[977: Map Projections|cartographic bias]]). | This comic shows a map of the {{w|United States}}, with every state resized based on where it appears in an alphabetical list of states. Hence {{w|Alabama}} is the largest state and {{w|Wyoming}} is the smallest. The joke is that the comic purports to "be more fair". But there's nothing fair or unfair about sizing states by alphabetical order, whether or not it is 'fair' in the first place to have states being shown as bigger or smaller merely because of raw geographical fact (and perhaps a ''little'' bit of [[977: Map Projections|cartographic bias]]). | ||
