Study: Kansas is flatter than pancake
While driving across the American Midwest, it is common to hear travelers remark, 'This state is as flat as a pancake'. Simply put, our results show that Kansas is considerably flatter than a pancake.
I'm not sure I'll ever be able to look at breakfast in quite the same way ever again.
While the study, written for a humorous journal, is tongue-in-cheek, the researchers used serious methodology....
A United States Geological Survey digital elevation model of Kansas provided one set of data for the comparison.
Photographs of the pancake were translated into digital data and scaled to enable a comparison with Kansas. Scaling is the process that map makers use when they represent an entire state, for instance, on a single page....
While Kansas has some hilly parts, on an overall average it is quite level, the analysis showed.
What I really want to know is whether the pancake measurements were taken with or without butter and maple syrup..
Damn; all of this talk about pancakes is making me hungry. It's time for breakfast....
