Relative Size of Alaska and the Contiguous U.S.
21-Apr, 2008
Visitors to the 49th state often ask, “How big is Alaska?” Well, click on the thumbnail image to the left to find out. Sorry Texas…and Montana…and California.
Update 27-April, 2008
Feel free to check out a slick web page that lets you overlay each state on top of Alaska!
Feel free to check out a slick web page that lets you overlay each state on top of Alaska!
24-Apr, 2008 at 3:58 am
What projection does this use?
I ask only because I wonder if this is Alaska, with the latitudes all stretched out… Or is this Alaska with the latitudes equivalent to the latitudes in the Lower 48?
27-Apr, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Oooh…good question. The projection of the base layer, SRTM DEM is Mercator. As you know, Alaska (and any land mass above 60 N) looks quite distorted when using a Mercator projection. So, this is Alaska with the latitudes equivalent to the latitudes in the Lower 48. In ArcGIS, you can monkey with the meridians and parallels to create such an overlay.
1-May, 2008 at 7:34 pm
“It’ll be a cold day in hell before I recognize Missoura!!” -Abe “Grandpa” Simpson
Oh yeah, interestingly enough, the same size comparisons hold true for residents’ beards…
4-May, 2008 at 5:20 am
@G: I trimmed my beard last Tuesday.