Mercator Projection : longitude and latitude as straight, parallel lines
Conic Projection : a circular map made from a flattened cone, centered on a pole or other point
Gall-Peters Projection : relocates standard parallels, narrows longitudinal spacing
Robinson Projection : approximates a true spherical view of the Earth, except the poles
Winkel Tripel Projection : an azimuth approximation of the world view, similar to Robinson
The most widely used is the Mercator projection, the major disadvantage being its area expansions (areas closer to the poles appear larger and lack their true shapes). The Gall-Peters Projection provides a closer approximation of the relative areas. All flat representations of a spherical surface will create variances in "true" size or shape.
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1. Cylindrical Map Projection
2. Conical Map Projcetion
3. Azimuthal Map Projection
There are various types of map projections. These include equirectangular, mercator, gall stereographic, Behrman, hobo-dyer, Gail-Peters, as well as Miller projectors.
Peters projection
Mercator projection
The Robinson projection
there are many types:
Cylindrical
Conic
Plane and
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Two common map projections are Mercator and the Robinson Projection.
Map makers are called cartographers. There are 3 generally accepted types of map projections. These are cylindrical projections, conic projects and planar projections.
World maps come in a number of projections, each have their own uses and problems. These different projections include a globe, several types of Mercator projections, Robinson, Miller cylindrical, stereographic, orthographic, Sinusoidal, Gnomonic, several types of Azimuthal projections, and others. The US Geological Survey has comprehensive information on map projections available.
The most common map projections are based on three main geometric shapes: 1) Sphere to a Plane 2) Cylindrical Projections, 3) Conic Projections.
Mercator and conic projections are different because conic projections have a cone/triangle shape and they are the same because both are type of maps..... I know really bad answer but I hope this helped
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=The curved surface of the earth cannot be shown accurately on a map because such a surface must be stretched or broken in some places as it is flattened. For this reason mapmakers use map projections.=
Map makers are called cartographers. There are 3 generally accepted types of map projections. These are cylindrical projections, conic projects and planar projections.
The three main types of map projections are cylindrical, conic, and azimuthal. Cylindrical projections show the Earth's surface on a cylinder, conic projections project the Earth's surface onto a cone, and azimuthal projections project the Earth's surface onto a plane. Each type has variations that can result in different map distortions.
World maps come in a number of projections, each have their own uses and problems. These different projections include a globe, several types of Mercator projections, Robinson, Miller cylindrical, stereographic, orthographic, Sinusoidal, Gnomonic, several types of Azimuthal projections, and others. The US Geological Survey has comprehensive information on map projections available.
The most common map projections are based on three main geometric shapes: 1) Sphere to a Plane 2) Cylindrical Projections, 3) Conic Projections.
The grid location differs map to map. There are different map projections that particular researchers and cartographers prefer over others, and these different projections alter the grid locations for landmarks.
To see different views of the Earth.
Map projections provide techniques to properly display features on maps, globes and atlases.
Map Projections - 1977 was released on: USA: 1977
There are many different ways of showing the world on a map, called projections, but none of them are completely accurate.
All map projections distort the surface in some fashion. Depending on the purpose of the map, some distortions are acceptable and others are not; therefore different map projections exist in order to preserve some properties of the sphere-like body at the expense of other properties. There is no limit to the number of possible map projections.
A map projection is a flat representation of the Earth's global surface. There are for different types of projections-- those that focus on distance, those that focus on direction, those that focus on area, and those that focus on shape. Conformal map projections are the type that show the correct size of continents but distort area size.