About Geosize

Most world maps stretch countries the further they are from the equator, so Greenland looks the size of Africa and Europe looks far bigger than it is. Geosize is a daily game about how big countries really are.

How it works

Every day there's one anchor country and five others to compare it with. Each pair starts out drawn the same size, and you stretch or shrink the second country until you think it's true to scale. The closer you get, the more you score, up to 100 a round and 500 a day. Everyone gets the same puzzle, so you can compare scores with friends. Practice games are unlimited.

Every country is drawn in its own equal-area map projection, centered on itself, so its shape isn't stretched and its area is true. That's what makes a fair comparison possible between, say, Norway and Nigeria.

The countries

Geosize includes 197 countries: the 193 members of the United Nations, the two UN observer states (Vatican City and Palestine), Kosovo and Taiwan.

Shapes are simplified so they draw quickly. Distant territories, like French Guiana or Hawaii, are left out so each country's main shape is easy to see, and a note says so when that happens. Borders follow Natural Earth's lines, which show where control lies in practice. Including a country or drawing a border doesn't express any position on disputed territories or on any country's status.

Who makes it

Geosize is made by Harrison Enyeart in North Carolina. Feedback, ideas and bug reports are very welcome at hello@geosize.app.

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