Charles Robinson wrote:
On May 26, 2009, at 12:57, William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Robinson"
Subject: Re: OT - Oz is a big place.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/oz-vs-canada.jpg
I think the magic of the Mercator projection is making Canada look
bigger
than it really is.... isn't it?
Perhaps a bit.
Australia is 7,617,930 sq km in area, Canada is 9,093,507 sq. km, or
just
about 20% larger.
I realize I could have looked that up, too. But it was late and I was
lazy. That's very interesting, I wouldn't have suspected that Canada
is larger. Thanks!
-Charles
The 20% larger doesn't tell the whole story, Australia is fairly
compact, Canada contains some large areas of open sea...
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