1/20/2026 at 5:33:26 PM
by jimnotgym
1/21/2026 at 12:37:33 AM
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!)
by Waterluvian
1/20/2026 at 6:53:18 PM
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...
by al_borland
1/21/2026 at 5:16:25 AM
It looks like there’s Canada to cross before reaching the US. Am I missing something?by code_martial
1/21/2026 at 4:34:23 PM
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 southby nephihaha
1/20/2026 at 6:03:38 PM
I've found the Peters projection to be good and fascinatinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection
by deeg
1/20/2026 at 7:18:29 PM
Now I just need to get a copy to the Whitehouse...by jimnotgym
1/20/2026 at 7:20:27 PM
Note when discussing US politics:This is the Whitehouse: https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/
This is the White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/
They are not the same.
by dragonwriter
1/20/2026 at 11:12:24 PM
And once upon a time whitehouse.com was neither ;)by yellowapple
1/21/2026 at 4:43:55 PM
No, then he'll want to buy the Sahara Desert or something.by rsynnott
1/21/2026 at 5:19:48 PM
What's Whitehouse?by iberator
1/21/2026 at 1:12:53 AM
https://earth.nullschool.net/Scroll down and choose a projection
by tetris11
1/21/2026 at 7:38:52 AM
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 locationby dlcarrier
1/20/2026 at 10:27:22 PM
I suggest the Goode Homolosine, which thinks so little of Greenland that it bisects it.by recursivecaveat
1/20/2026 at 5:57:57 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projectionsby dyingkneepad
1/20/2026 at 11:30:37 PM
Well-played, well-meaning presidential advisor!by grim_io
1/21/2026 at 10:51:33 PM
Globes are real. Remember globes? Hand him oneby 1attice
1/20/2026 at 5:58:57 PM
The ones that make Africa look small.by chistev
