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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago

Thx. I've corrected it.