That seems to capture the intuitive idea of discontinuity for me, thanks!
Mein Deutsch ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei, aber es geht.
Bekannt? aus /r/germany, /r/german, /r/greek und /r/egenbogen.
That seems to capture the intuitive idea of discontinuity for me, thanks!
I would imagine using some sort of shapefile that I can run calculations in a scripted manner. So, in that case it will depend on the resolution of the shapefile.
Thanks for the proposal. That gets us somewhere already, although only for non-landlocked countries. Using the perimeter also opens us up to the coastline paradox.
I guess you’d have to decide if archipelago nations are measured as the geometry of the sea they own, or as discrete islands.
I think that it might serve us better to consider them as distinct islands, to keep the measures comparable with landlocked countries.
Truly an xkcd #1172 situation.