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replaced incorrect explanation [[Special:Contributions/172.70.111.45|172.70.111.45]] 17:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC) | replaced incorrect explanation [[Special:Contributions/172.70.111.45|172.70.111.45]] 17:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
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Is it me or is Hawaii strangely bigger than california. {{unsigned|172.70.100.40}} | Is it me or is Hawaii strangely bigger than california. {{unsigned|172.70.100.40}} | ||
:I think he's only counting the land area. The area between the islands may be creating an illusion that Hawaii is bigger. It's hard to tell just by looking, does anyone have the tech to measure this? P.S. remember to sign... [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 14:11, 1 May 2024 (UTC) | :I think he's only counting the land area. The area between the islands may be creating an illusion that Hawaii is bigger. It's hard to tell just by looking, does anyone have the tech to measure this? P.S. remember to sign... [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 14:11, 1 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
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This map gives a lot more land to Mexico. [[User:Weslar|Weslar]] ([[User talk:Weslar|talk]]) 16:31, 1 May 2024 (UTC) | This map gives a lot more land to Mexico. [[User:Weslar|Weslar]] ([[User talk:Weslar|talk]]) 16:31, 1 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
:Mexico is not represented at all in the map. And all states are much smaller than in reality (unless you have a very big monitor, c.f. [[2911]]) --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.160.32|172.71.160.32]] 12:30, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | :Mexico is not represented at all in the map. And all states are much smaller than in reality (unless you have a very big monitor, c.f. [[2911]]) --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.160.32|172.71.160.32]] 12:30, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
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UNFORTUNATELY it seems that there are many errors in the actual relationship of sizes. I did a quick area take off of each state. These units are in miles using the real width of Colorado (since it is about the same place in the list) as the scale reference. https://imgur.com/a/hKIVjRZ. you can see immediately that Delaware and Alaska and Iowa are incorrect in the order. | UNFORTUNATELY it seems that there are many errors in the actual relationship of sizes. I did a quick area take off of each state. These units are in miles using the real width of Colorado (since it is about the same place in the list) as the scale reference. https://imgur.com/a/hKIVjRZ. you can see immediately that Delaware and Alaska and Iowa are incorrect in the order. | ||
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Why the hell is Massachusetts so BIG?! [[User:Psychoticpotato|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 13:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | Why the hell is Massachusetts so BIG?! [[User:Psychoticpotato|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 13:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
:To account for all its Mass. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.175|172.71.242.175]] 13:51, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | :To account for all its Mass. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.175|172.71.242.175]] 13:51, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
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I went further and measured the exact sizes of each state to the pixel: https://imgur.com/a/d6ruHvs really nerd sniped myself lol. The post includes excel screenshots as well as text, and the image I used at the bottom. Will explain methodology if anyone wants. Obviously all these discrepancies are due to the fact that the states actually have to fit together for the joke-map to work. [[User:Paintadot|Paintadot]] ([[User talk:Paintadot|talk]]) 13:48, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | I went further and measured the exact sizes of each state to the pixel: https://imgur.com/a/d6ruHvs really nerd sniped myself lol. The post includes excel screenshots as well as text, and the image I used at the bottom. Will explain methodology if anyone wants. Obviously all these discrepancies are due to the fact that the states actually have to fit together for the joke-map to work. [[User:Paintadot|Paintadot]] ([[User talk:Paintadot|talk]]) 13:48, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
:Having the pixel area for each state in the explanation would be really nice! Do you count the "border pixels" (or maybe half of them) to the pixel area? (not sure if that would be sufficient to have Alaska stay atop of Arizona ...) --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.160.32|172.71.160.32]] 14:39, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | :Having the pixel area for each state in the explanation would be really nice! Do you count the "border pixels" (or maybe half of them) to the pixel area? (not sure if that would be sufficient to have Alaska stay atop of Arizona ...) --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.160.32|172.71.160.32]] 14:39, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
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