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pilvikki
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parallell maps

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yogi
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Re: parallell maps

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It looks like Chicago is further north than New York. Hard to believe that by looking at conventional maps.
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Re: parallell maps

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and wellington in Albania? weird...

it appears we have a really skewed view from our conventional maps.
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It is indeed skewed because they are trying to take a rounded surface and present it as flat and two dimensional. Distortions are bound to be created that way.
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Re: parallell maps

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same as when you compare the sizes of the country areas.

http://mapfight.appspot.com/no-vs-in/no ... comparison
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Re: parallell maps

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Norway is only 15% the size of Greenland but more than 300% bigger than Iceland. Interesting map site. :geek:
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