Ask HN: Which common map projections make Greenland look smaller?

I see an urgent need for a map projection that makes Greenland look as small as possible. What are the options?

18 points | by jimnotgym 2 days ago

11 comments

  • Waterluvian 1 day ago
    Download QGIS and you can just play with hundreds of projections. If you want Greenland as small as possible, pick a conical or planar projection meant for the southern hemisphere. It’ll pretty much stop existing if done right. If done wrong, it’ll grow to gargantuan proportions and surround us all. But I’m sure you’ve got additional criteria.

    (Horray I reached my annual use of my geography degrees early this year!)

  • al_borland 2 days ago
    I’m not sure what your intent is, but I think the interest in Greenland is more about location than size.

    This projection makes it look small, but highlights how Greenland sits right between Russia and the lower 48 of the US.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections#/media...

    • code_martial 1 day ago
      It looks like there’s Canada to cross before reaching the US. Am I missing something?
  • tetris11 1 day ago
    https://earth.nullschool.net/

    Scroll down and choose a projection

  • dlcarrier 1 day ago
    A conformal conic projection centered around the north pole would draw subequatorial land at a larger scale than Greenland. It doesn't affect the first three rules of real estate, though: location, location, and location
  • recursivecaveat 1 day ago
    I suggest the Goode Homolosine, which thinks so little of Greenland that it bisects it.
  • deeg 2 days ago
    I've found the Peters projection to be good and fascinating

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection

  • dyingkneepad 2 days ago
  • grim_io 1 day ago
    Well-played, well-meaning presidential advisor!
  • chistev 2 days ago
    The ones that make Africa look small.
  • 1attice 23 hours ago
    Globes are real. Remember globes? Hand him one
  • nephihaha 1 day ago
    Not exactly a map projection, but on this site you can move countries (including Greenland on its own) onto other parts of the world for comparison. You can see that Greenland still looks pretty massive when you move it further south

    https://thetruesize.com/