Roughly The Size Of is a project created to facilitate country-to-US-state comparison, both by land area and population.
Roughly The Size of is a web application that allows users to select any country of the world from a drop-down menu, then opt whether they would like to compare that country by its size (land area) or population.
They are then redirected to the results page, where the output is a US state (or combination thereof) whose size or population roughly corresponds to that of the selected country.
Upon performing the search, the user is presented with the option of doing another comparison or viewing their search history.
The search history page provides an overview of past queries and their results, from which users can choose to return to the home page or perform another search.
The website also contains an “about” page with brief description of the project and the inspiration behind it.
Graphics used for the website were created in Photoshop. It was built using HTML and CSS, while certain visual elements and responsiveness were achieved with the help of Bootstrap and pertinent JavaScript plugins. The application was written in Python and Flask, and its databases were created in SQLite3. Information used on the website was sourced from databases provided by the World Bank Open Data and United States Census Bureau.