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• Kalothar@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, they certainly are:

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s almost twice the height in that picture. It’s also larger in square miles.

    The total area of the U.S. and its territories is over 3.8 million square miles.

    Antarctica’s area of 5.4 million square miles makes it 1.5x the size of the US.

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The correct way to use the tool is to lay the continent over the US.

      Typical American, declaring that the US is the default country to compare every other country to!

      On a more serious note, putting things side by side is the same as putting them over each other. Difference in height are not the same though, as closer to the equator size shrinks. The best way to compare is take two things and put them side by side on the equator - that’s where there’s least distortion.

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The comparison that was in dispute was the size of Antarctica vs the size of the US. I was clarifying how to use the tool. You’re still using it wrong. lol

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• SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Join the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality today!

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• jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kalothar is right

  www.thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!MTY4NDk1MDM.NTE5…)MQ

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