Ask HN: Which common map projections make Greenland look smaller?

8 comments

• recursivecaveat an hour ago

  I suggest the Goode Homolosine, which thinks so little of Greenland that it bisects it.

• al_borland 5 hours ago

  I’m not sure what your intent is, but I think the interest in Greenland is more about location than size.

  This projection makes it look small, but highlights how Greenland sits right between Russia and the lower 48 of the US.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections#/media...

• deeg 5 hours ago

  I've found the Peters projection to be good and fascinating

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection

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  • jimnotgym 4 hours ago

    Now I just need to get a copy to the Whitehouse...

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    • dragonwriter 4 hours ago

      Note when discussing US politics:

      This is the Whitehouse: https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/

      This is the White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/

      They are not the same.

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      • yellowapple 14 minutes ago

        And once upon a time whitehouse.com was neither ;)

• dyingkneepad 5 hours ago

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections

• chistev 5 hours ago

  The ones that make Africa look small.