Editing Talk:2927: Alphabetical Cartogram
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::As drawn, the borders vary significantly in width. Usually 2 pixels wide, but often 3 or more. Between states, I divided them evenly to the best of my judgment. For the outer borders of the lower 48, Hawai'i, and Alaska, I added roughly one outer pixel. It's possible it could be done better, but it's kind of subjective anyway. Nevertheless it seems a lot of us agree that it's an interesting thing to try to measure. I imagine it was a lot of fun for Randall to try to balance his stated goal with keeping the shapes of the states more or less correct :) [[User:Paintadot|Paintadot]] ([[User talk:Paintadot|talk]]) 16:16, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ::As drawn, the borders vary significantly in width. Usually 2 pixels wide, but often 3 or more. Between states, I divided them evenly to the best of my judgment. For the outer borders of the lower 48, Hawai'i, and Alaska, I added roughly one outer pixel. It's possible it could be done better, but it's kind of subjective anyway. Nevertheless it seems a lot of us agree that it's an interesting thing to try to measure. I imagine it was a lot of fun for Randall to try to balance his stated goal with keeping the shapes of the states more or less correct :) [[User:Paintadot|Paintadot]] ([[User talk:Paintadot|talk]]) 16:16, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
:I was going to take some time to establish 'drawn areas', myself (perhaps work out if it were contained area, 'hull' area, one-axis scale, etc) and add the likiest metric in the "Alphabetic" group of columns (remember to re-colspan!), but looks like like you've got that covered... [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.254|172.71.102.254]] 15:10, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | :I was going to take some time to establish 'drawn areas', myself (perhaps work out if it were contained area, 'hull' area, one-axis scale, etc) and add the likiest metric in the "Alphabetic" group of columns (remember to re-colspan!), but looks like like you've got that covered... [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.254|172.71.102.254]] 15:10, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
β | + | :"''I was going to take some time to establish 'drawn areas''" --- When I was a boy, they had planimeters. You run the pointer around your figure and it computes area with two wheels. Magic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMvEOmpy8Kw Among other chores, they computed the area of the PV diagram of a steam engine. --[[User:PRR|PRR]] ([[User talk:PRR|talk]]) 20:08, 3 May 2024 (UTC) | |
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I modified the table to include the data I gathered (https://imgur.com/a/d6ruHvs). I hope that's okay. This is my first contribution ^^' [[User:Paintadot|Paintadot]] ([[User talk:Paintadot|talk]]) 16:15, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | I modified the table to include the data I gathered (https://imgur.com/a/d6ruHvs). I hope that's okay. This is my first contribution ^^' [[User:Paintadot|Paintadot]] ([[User talk:Paintadot|talk]]) 16:15, 2 May 2024 (UTC) |