Observed arrival · 2026-11-13
Size Versus: when the map gets it wrong
An interactive atlas compares countries and territories at true scale, with sourced area figures and short map-distortion challenges.
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- Readers curious about comparing country and regional areas
- Worth noticing
- The homepage reports 245 countries and territories, 6,523 comparisons, and 138 of 244 areas within 2% of Wikidata.
Field notes
A separate “Fit the world into Africa” activity asks visitors to estimate and then drag 11 countries into the continent’s area; the page notes that real outlines do not pack neatly. The homepage says its measurements use full-detail outlines on WGS84 and reports that 138 of 244 areas are within 2% of Wikidata’s official figures, with differences shown for the rest. The release is labeled early preview, v0.7.0.
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