Of course it is a continent. Many people, however, tend to think of it as being about the size of the largest countries in the world. Kai's map points out that the United State, China, India, UK, Japan and all of Europe would fit inside of Africa. Honestly, that surprised me. I mean, the US and China are big places.
Judah On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Africa is not a country, its a continent. If they don't want to > present a distortion, they should compare it with Asia or North > America. > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Really cool visualization about the real size of countries and how >> they are generally distorted on maps. >> >> http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2010/10/true-size-of-africa.jpg >> >> Don't know how many of you remember KPT, Kai's Power Tools, but Kai >> did really fascinating stuff on graphics and user interface work in >> the 90s. KPT Bryce was a great way to lose several hours. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329094 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
