For instance, as you drag Greenland south on the map, its outline begins to shrink, while dragging countries closer to the equator far into the northern or southern hemisphere makes them grow.

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...

Mapping Greenland’s resources, population centres and US military base. Greenland covers an area about three times the size of Texas and is home to 56,000 people, mostly Greenlandic Inuits.

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...