Foo - U.S. Maps are not to scale

An interesting fact I learned on my Alaskan cruise.....Alaska is about 2 1/2 times the state of Texas.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/area.shtml

WTF? Every map of the U.S. I've ever seen, Alaska looks to be about 1/2 the size (at best) of Texas.


The trip was awesome though....will try to get pics up as soon as I can.

http://skateboardermag.com/skateboarder-news-features/news/are-you-smarter.jpg

apparently not.

I was also surprised to learn that Alaska is not off the coast of California.

http://rsiasoco.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gall-peters-projection.jpg
According to "The West Wing" TV show the Gall-Peters is the most accurate projection map.
In which case Alaska looks to be larger than most of the contiguous US.

No way New York has more land area than Pennsylvania. Must be that "water" they're counting.

http://skateboardermag.com/skateboarder-news-features/news/are-you-smarter.jpg

apparently not.

Maybe not....but I squashed them 5th graders like bugs playing rugby last week! You shoulda heard the red headed step child boy...he squealed like a little girl when I clotheslined him!

http://rsiasoco.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gall-peters-projection.jpg
According to "The West Wing" TV show the Gall-Peters is the most accurate projection map.
In which case Alaska looks to be larger than most of the contiguous US.

Just go find a globe. Please. :rolleyes: That map is pathetic.

I was also surprised to learn that Alaska is not off the coast of California.

Of course not...it's off the coast of Washington. We just took the boat there from Seattle, I ought to know! :rolleyes::innocent:

Did you see Russia?

Did you see Sarah Palin?

Enquiring minds want to know :innocent:

The Mercator projection I have hanging over my desk has a scale that is adjusted for the distortion at higher latitudes. It's pretty handy, plus it proves that Greenland is really purple, while Iceland is orange, and Madagascar is pink.

As far as I know, an interrupted sinusoidal projection really gives the most accurate representation of scale, but angles get screwed up, just like in any equal area map.

Did you see Russia?

Not until I got to Sarah Palin's old house. ;)

Yeah, it has to be that big so's they can keep an eye on Putin.
:innocent:

Anyway, it's the projection, as has already been mentioned.

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/political-pictures-vladimir-putin-see-alaska-from-here.jpg

Just go find a globe. Please. :rolleyes: That map is pathetic.

Oh, like the equator is supposed to be in the middle or something?

I had a college professor that was a big proponent of the Peter's PC map.
I agree, it's near useless.

U.S. Maps are not to scale

duh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall-Peters_projection).

http://rsiasoco.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gall-peters-projection.jpg
According to "The West Wing" TV show the Gall-Peters is the most accurate projection map.
In which case Alaska looks to be larger than most of the contiguous US.

still waiting for cheap, at home 3D projection devices, so people will never have to deal with distorted world maps :lol:

http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/topomaps/images/projections.jpg

This one may be more accurate:

http://www.pigazette.com/Pigraphics/How%20America%20Sees%20the%20world.jpg

bucky fuller chimes in.

http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/pub/xplanet/fuller_1280x640.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cyoLt-Kxlao/Sd4oi_xnj4I/AAAAAAAAAe4/XXWFqjrLQEA/s1600/Alaska-Size.png

Maps? Meh.
Just please tell me the porn in that magazine is to scale.

You sillies! The earth is flat. Here is my globe as proof:

http://makingmaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/flat-earth3.jpg

You sillies! The earth is flat. Here is my globe as proof:

http://makingmaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/flat-earth3.jpg

This map is inaccurate. There are no turtles.

http://turtlecareguide.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/turtles1.jpg

http://www.wisconsinmade.com/assets/item/regular/903-milk-chocolate-turtles-XL.jpg

https://sierranh.powweb.com/shop/images/PecanTurtlesWithCaramel.jpg

Also, I have a turtle head poking out.

Also, I have a turtle head poking out.

TMI TMI TMI........drop those boys off in the pool and kill all Clingons!

Also, I have a turtle head poking out.

hawt..

When my boss said that he was "crowning" I about cried from laughing so hard

Was it a boy or a girl?

A 45 year old man...

I'm the only female in my company...sometimes it's great...but the downside is I know every time sometimes has to drop bombs

hawt..

When my boss said that he was "crowning" I about cried from laughing so hard

My standard line is I'm going to make a deposit at the 2nd national bank! ;)

My standard line is I'm going to make a deposit at the 2nd national bank! ;)

:)

Taking the Cleavland Browns to the Super Bowl is prob my all time favorite

A 45 year old man...

I'm the only female in my company...sometimes it's great...but the downside is I know every time sometimes has to drop bombs

I was referring to the "crowning" creature.................. not the boss. You should teach them some more genteel terms than "I am going on a bombing run". Might I suggest "I have to go drop the kids off at the pool."?

"Going to lose some brown weight" and "I have to go see a man about a horse" are both in my rotation.

I was referring to the "crowning" creature.................. not the boss. You should teach them some more genteel terms than "I am going on a bombing run". Might I suggest "I have to go drop the kids off at the pool."?

oh ...oops :lol:


Actually every one calls out "GOIN' IN" before walking in there...

I'm especially lucky to share one bathroom with 6 other men...I feel honored...

um, going to the bathroom after six men, all whom probably leave the seat down, I think you should have typed

I feel on her'd..............

"Fire in the hole!"

But, then again, I eat a lot of peppers. :innocent:

um, going to the bathroom after six men, all whom probably leave the seat down, I think you should have typed

I feel on her'd..............

:lol:

and no, they always leave the seat up! and they're the worst about leaving one square piece of a sh*t ticket on the roll...is it that difficult to replace it with a new roll!!! I mean, C'MON!

and whatever happened to the good o'le "i gotta take a dump" is that too 80's?

hehe - boy this thread took a wild turn! LOL

http://rsiasoco.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gall-peters-projection.jpg
According to "The West Wing" TV show the Gall-Peters is the most accurate projection map.
In which case Alaska looks to be larger than most of the contiguous US.

sdɐɯ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ sǝob ǝɯɐs .ʇuoɟ ǝɹǝɥdsıɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇɹou oʇ ʇı buıʇɐ1suɐɹʇ ʇnoɥʇıʍ ɐı1ɐɹʇsnɐ ɯoɹɟ ʇuoɟ ʎuɐ pɐǝɹ oʇ ʎɹʇ noʎ uǝɥʍ suǝddɐɥ ʇɐɥʍ sı sıɥʇ puɐ

"Going to lose some brown weight" and "I have to go see a man about a horse" are both in my rotation.

It's 'going to see a man about a wallaby' in the top left here:

http://rsiasoco.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gall-peters-projection.jpg

still waiting for cheap, at home 3D projection devices, so people will never have to deal with distorted world maps :lol:

Umm...what's your definition of cheap? Some of these are less than $10. Granted, they're not very versatile, but the impression of 3-D realism is pretty good.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=globe&x=0&y=0