HACKER Q&A
📣 jimnotgym

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?


  👤 deeg Accepted Answer ✓
I've found the Peters projection to be good and fascinating

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



👤 chistev
The ones that make Africa look small.

👤 al_borland
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...


👤 recursivecaveat
I suggest the Goode Homolosine, which thinks so little of Greenland that it bisects it.

👤 grim_io
Well-played, well-meaning presidential advisor!

👤 Waterluvian
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!)


👤 tetris11
https://earth.nullschool.net/

Scroll down and choose a projection