They compared it to what the answerers compared it to in their own minds. Using already understood measurements.
Just like showing western Europe in comparison to New England helps me really understand the distances in Europe, using distances familiar to me. I still like it. (And admit to being a bit surprised by it) On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:59 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:329097 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
