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On the cole slaw on hot dogs thing, wvhotdogs.com looks like it's your man.
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Just saw this enormous atlas - Earth Condensed - last week in my local bookstore, looks to be incredibly detailed, and a snip at €15, so who knows what size "Earth" is. Seems to be published by an Australian firm, interesting books on astronomy and geology too.
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I'm sure I once had (but now can't find it on google) an on-line map where you could put your own numbers into the underlying database depending on whatever you wanted, and the countries would change size accordingly (it wasn't strictly geographical, each country was represented kind of where it is by a circle of according size).
As I said, I've lost that link, and if anyone could find it, I'd be very grateful.
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ursus arctos wrote:
Is slaw "cole slaw"? On a hot dog?
An interesting aspect of the college degree map is how "college towns" are immediately recognisable in many states.
Meanwhile, the true size of Africa:
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Devotees of the Times Atlas might like to know they've just brought out a Times Atlas of Britain. And it's only £15 from The Book People. (RRP £90, about £50 on Amazon).
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What if Africa and Greenland were switched in a Mercator projection?
Here's what Mercator gives us for their landmass now:
Switching them, this is what you get:
Some other examples at the blog.
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Aiieee, if I were still in the book trade I'd probably be able to get a freebie of the book CTT links to.
This is the best freebie I ever got - wonderful maps.
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