time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 8 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionimagemessage-square212linkfedilinkarrow-up1643arrow-down129
arrow-up1614arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectiontime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square212linkfedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 days agoCanada is slightly larger than the US in total area. The US is a tiny bit larger when you just count land-area.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·8 days agoWell yes, Canada is larger if you count the ocean as part of Canada lmao
minus-squarevenuswasaflytrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIt’s not the ocean that’s being counted. It’s the Artic Islands.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 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-up1·6 days agoHudson Bay is not counted, but the great lakes are.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down10·8 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-down8·8 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-up7·8 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-up2·8 days agoYour numbers add up to about 1% difference in size, not 10%
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days ago Imagine being this condescending and wrong You’re the one doing it
Canada is slightly larger than the US in total area. The US is a tiny bit larger when you just count land-area.
Well yes, Canada is larger if you count the ocean as part of Canada lmao
It’s not the ocean that’s being counted. It’s the Artic Islands.
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.
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