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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

On thetruesize.com they seem to use some equal-angle projection and the countries are reprojected while being moved. There, e.g. russia doesn't seem to be that narrow when placed on top of Africa.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Thx. I've corrected it.