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Fascinating size-comparison maps reveal how big countries and continents REALLY are, with the UK smaller than California... and Africa swamping Australia

Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to another is a long-distance haul. But their perspective on the matter might change if they use the fascinating size-comparison map tool by ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Map shows how big Iran is compared with the 50 US states

Iran is roughly the same size as Alaska, 2.5 times the size of Texas and covers about one-sixth of the US land area.
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Fascinating size-comparison maps reveal how big cities REALLY are, with London TWICE the size of New York (and Paris is tiny when compared to both)

The maps come courtesy of mylifeelsewhere.com - which also offers country comparisons The tool reveals that several world-famous cities are actually surprisingly small READ MORE: Fourteen images from ...
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World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...
The Conversation

World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...