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A cylinder map projection shows a high degree of distortion at the?
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∙ 12y ago
at the poles
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Which map projection shows how close north America Europe and Asia are?
A globe shows it best, but almost every projection shows distance...
What projection shows all lines of latitude and longitude as straight lines?
The Mercator projection does that.
Which type of map projection shows all latitude and longitude lines as parell?
The Mercator projection
What is a map that shows a wedge-shaped portion of the earth?
conic projection
Is the truest representation of the earth polar projection?
This was my question too. Here is what I know. Polar projection shows the poles. but not really like the whole earth. While the mercator shows a flat globe in certain parts. Mercator is like a map. If its truest representation then I will have to say polar projection wins.
What type of map shows distortion increase with distance from the poles?
Polar Projections
What are som advantages and disadvantages of a mercator projection and of an equal area projection?
advantages: correctly shows the relative sizes of Earth's landmasses disadvantages: has distortion shows the landmasses near the edges stretched and curved
Map projection that shows true direction?
yes map projection shows true direction
Which map projection shows how close north America Europe and Asia are?
A globe shows it best, but almost every projection shows distance...
What projection map shows size of various land masses?
The equal-area projection shows size of various land masses.
What projection shows all lines of latitude and longitude as straight lines?
The Mercator projection does that.
What shows the entire earth with almost no distortion?
globe
Which type of map projection shows all latitude and longitude lines as parell?
The Mercator projection
Which map projection does Cuba use?
The map projection that Cuba uses is equirectangular projection. It shows the equidistant or constant spacing map representation of the country.
Where is the equator in a polar projection?
A polar projection of the earth shows a pole (north or south, depending on the projection) at the center of a circular map. The equator is the circumference of the circle.
What is the Difference between Isometric Projection and Oblique projection?
The difference is that the Isometric projection shows more and accurate drawing than the Oblique project which is just a pictorial method.
What is the Robinson map projection?
The Robinson projection shows the entire world map at once.
