ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade Non-US Electrical Systems & Trades REFERENCE: U.S. States outline map

Hey, here's an interesting (and kinda strange) thing:

What Time is it in Indiana?


Bill

Bill,
Paul and I were talking about this very subject in the chat area the other night!.
I couldn't believe what he was saying.

Going northward to cover our friends over the 49th, here's an outline map showing the Canadian provinces and territories:




[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 02-24-2004).]

To complete the coverage for our East-of-the-Pond members, here's an outline map of Europe:



If you draw a line from London aiming NNE, just slightly to the right of where it says "North Sea," I'm where that line crosses the coast.

The difference in appearance between the maps of Europe and the US is remarkable: The European countries vary in size a lot and the shape is completely irregular. The east coast of the US looks similar, but further to the west the states are almost square! Wow!

I hope you can excuse this ignorant European showing off his ignorance: I've never seen e.g. a California flag. Do the states have their own flags and symbols? What is typically used to represent the states? To tie this in with the previous paragraph: A European country is often represented by its flag but sometimes by its map. For example, most Swedes would instantly recognise a map of Sweden. The maps of Colorado and Wyoming seem less characteristic.

All US states have their own state flag, as do all Canadian provinces
(and sub geo-political regions in other larger countries probably do).
You can see more info on them at: http://www.netstate.com/state_flags.htm

Cool flags! Not as "simple" as most country flags. I like them.

for an idea of the size comparison, when i remember school right, germany would fit 17 times into the US... but when i look at the maps, i think its more that 17.


this topic brings me into mind that there are online maps for forums, where users can enter their location and get a pin needle set there with their name. so you can get an overview of where who's coming from. perhaps anyone would like to add such a map to the forum?

[This message has been edited by :andy: (edited 03-05-2004).]

Andy,
That's not a bad idea!.
Not sure if it can be done here, though.
What do you reckon, Paul?.

Andy,

The maps are at quite different scales. Also I cannot see what projection they are in and whether they are equal area or not. This can make a huge difference - remember those maps of the world that appear to make Greenland the largest country on Earth!

USA = 9 450 720 km2; Germany = 356 109 km2.
Thats about 26.5 times the size.

[This message has been edited by Hutch (edited 03-05-2004).]