Countries That Look the Same
I created an algorithm to compare the shapes of countries (disregarding size) and ran it across all ~40,000 pairs of countries. In this video I show some of the most similar ones and also a few maps where you can see each country's best match. Made just for fun!
See still images of the maps on twitter.com/sundellviz
Timestamps:
00:00 Explanation
00:44 Top 5 most similar country pairs
01:19 Europe
01:48 United States
02:13 South America
02:23 Asia
02:46 Africa
Music: Rymdklang Soundtracks - Penthouse View from www.epidemicsound.com