For Your Geographers: OverlapMaps.COM [Compare Size Of Features On Earth]

[6Foot2]

Link: OverlapMaps - Instantly compare any two places on Earth!

 

An Overlap Map is a map of one part of the world that overlaps a different part of the world. Overlap Maps show relative size.

 

Compare categories currently available:

 

Countries

States/Provinces

Rivers and Lakes

Man-Made Features

Other Natural Features

Wildfires

 

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[localzuk]

Wow, the Bastrop Texas Wildfire is about 50% of the Isle of Man!

[SpuffMonkey]

Bizarre! I was just about to post asking if someone knew of a product that would do this! One telepathic Edu-beer to you sir!

[6Foot2]

Bizarre! I was just about to post asking if someone knew of a product that would do this! One telepathic Edu-beer to you sir!

 

Cheers!

[6Foot2]

Another site with a similar idea:

 

Link: Compare the area of two different countries side-by-side or overlapping

 

Comparea lets you compare the area of two geographic features (continents, countries, states). Because of the projection that Comparea uses, this comparison is valid (the size of the features is proportional to their area) and suffers from minimal distortion. This lets you see just how big Greenland or Alaska really is...

 

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Edited August 28, 2014 by 6Foot2
Correct spelling mistakes in post.

[6Foot2]

Another website providing a similar service:

 

Link: Country Size Comparison Tool

 

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[6Foot2]

And another:

 

Link: Is Africa bigger than North America?

 

Comparing Australia with Antartica:

 

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[6Foot2]

Link: The true size of ...

 

Here I have used "The true size of ..." to compare the size of Greenland with France, Ireland, and Iceland [Mercator projection]

 

[6Foot2]

Link: MapFight

 

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Link: Same Scale

 

 

As you pan and zoom, these maps maintain equal scales.

 

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