For example on wikipedia for Switzerland it says the country has an area of 41,285 km². Does this take into account that a lot of that area is actually angled at a steep inclination, thus the actual surface area is in effect larger than what you would expect when looking onto a map in satellite view?

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Doubt it. Because then it becomes a question of resolution, where too high results in countries with infinite area, since ever slope, ditch, and grain of sand has to be accounted for.

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