More like Finland vs. Northern Canada. Because of the projection, the relative sizes between northern vs. southern parts of the map are distorted.
Here it looks like Finland would span half of the US, but drag it on top of Texas and you’ll see that the north-south extension is about the same for Finland and Texas.
Not exactly California
It’s important to note that in the Mercator Projection, sizes can only be compared at the same latitude as it distorts the size of landmasses based on latitude. That’s why Greenland always looks like it’s about the same size as Africa when really it is much, much smaller. Finland is not actually as long as the distance between Houston and the US-Canadian border.
So Canada is southern country really.
Really wish Alaska was in view…
Would be pretty chilly in Finland without the Gulf Stream.
no way Finland is that big.
As someone of Finnish descent living in Michigan I’ve always enjoyed snow and thought I’d be able to manage living in my grandparents’ home country. Perhaps I was wrong.
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There’s nothing true about this comparison.
Wait so Finland is as large as the east coast of the U.S?
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More like Finland vs. Northern Canada. Because of the projection, the relative sizes between northern vs. southern parts of the map are distorted.
Here it looks like Finland would span half of the US, but drag it on top of Texas and you’ll see that the north-south extension is about the same for Finland and Texas.
Not exactly California
It’s important to note that in the Mercator Projection, sizes can only be compared at the same latitude as it distorts the size of landmasses based on latitude. That’s why Greenland always looks like it’s about the same size as Africa when really it is much, much smaller. Finland is not actually as long as the distance between Houston and the US-Canadian border.
So Canada is southern country really.
Really wish Alaska was in view…
Would be pretty chilly in Finland without the Gulf Stream.
no way Finland is that big.
As someone of Finnish descent living in Michigan I’ve always enjoyed snow and thought I’d be able to manage living in my grandparents’ home country. Perhaps I was wrong.
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There’s nothing true about this comparison.
Wait so Finland is as large as the east coast of the U.S?
North, real north.