Talk:2927: Alphabetical Cartogram

replaced incorrect explanation 172.70.111.45 17:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC) Is it me or is Hawaii strangely bigger than california. -- 172.70.100.40 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

I think he's only counting the land area. The area between the islands may be creating an illusion that Hawaii is bigger. It's hard to tell just by looking, does anyone have the tech to measure this? P.S. remember to sign... Barmar (talk) 14:11, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Im just wondering why Maine is still so big.... JushJosh (talk) 13:22, 1 May 2024 (UTC)Jush

I know, right? That's what made me think it wasn't just a simple alphabetical listing. That, and Hawaii is bigger than Alaska, despite the fact that Alaska is substantially higher on the list. In fact, it even appears that Alaska is smaller than Maine! How did Randall decide on the sizes??? Pie Guy (talk) 16:01, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

The sad part is that Rhode Island grew. 172.71.31.139 14:01, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

I believe it is some sort of ranking rather than swapping sizes as the chart suggests, as South Carolina appears to be smaller than normal (?) Primmy (talk) 14:56, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Poor Utah :( If you click on this you will get a fun surprise (talk) 15:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

I believe the first paragraph is incorrect. I did a full comparison, and Texas shrank the most (dropping 41 places from size ranking to alphabetical ranking), while Connecticut as well as Delaware grew the most (each rising 41 places between the lists). 172.71.255.28 15:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

This map gives a lot more land to Mexico. Weslar (talk) 16:31, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Mexico is not represented at all in the map. And all states are much smaller than in reality (unless you have a very big monitor, c.f. 2911) --172.71.160.32 12:30, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

UNFORTUNATELY it seems that there are many errors in the actual relationship of sizes. I did a quick area take off of each state. These units are in miles using the real width of Colorado (since it is about the same place in the list) as the scale reference. https://imgur.com/a/hKIVjRZ. you can see immediately that Delaware and Alaska and Iowa are incorrect in the order.

Ignoring the Errors in the map and Assuming We are keeping the total area of the US the same and scaling the new map based on this total... then Alaska loses the most land area ( approx 510,000 mi) and Alabama gains the most Land area (156,000 mi). Looking at which state gained or lost the largest percentage of its land area shows that Minnesota is the least affected at only 4.6% or 4,200 mi and Wyoming is the most affected losing 98% of its land area or 95,000 miles.162.158.41.56

As a Wyomingite, I can't complain. We're still bigger than our population justifies. (fun fact, we get two whole senators despite lacking the population to actually justify a single house member)172.68.34.59 17:08, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Alaska is STILL disproportionally small. Fabian42 (talk) 17:24, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Utah is way too big (should be after Texas) and Idaho is too small (should be bigger than the Ms)

Why the hell is Massachusetts so BIG?! Psychoticpotato (talk) 13:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

To account for all its Mass. 172.71.242.175 13:51, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

I went further and measured the exact sizes of each state to the pixel: https://imgur.com/a/d6ruHvs really nerd sniped myself lol. The post includes excel screenshots as well as text, and the image I used at the bottom. Will explain methodology if anyone wants. Paintadot (talk) 13:48, 2 May 2024 (UTC)