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minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThat’s what I originally thought, but if you compare Maine and Alaska, the sizes aren’t much different to my eye
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoI don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoBut which map projection is he using?
minus-squareLesrid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoMaybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.
That’s what I originally thought, but if you compare Maine and Alaska, the sizes aren’t much different to my eye
I don’t know, it’s a dumb concept anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But which map projection is he using?
Maybe he took all the current areas of the states. Then reassigned them alphabetically. Rather than creating new areas.