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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topographic map,physical map,political map... another types of map GEOLOGIC MAPS A geologic map is a map of the different types of rocks that are on the surface of the Earth. By mapping different rock types, geologists can determine the relationships between different rock formations which can then be used to find mineral resources, oil, and gravel deposits. Also, you want to know what type of rock you are building on or else you might have a Leaning Tower of Pisa or a pile of rubble after a strong earthquake. BIOGEOGRAPHIC MAPS Scientists involved in the study of animals, plants, and other living organisms use maps to illustrate where these groups live or migrate. It is important to many zoologists to know where the organisms that they study live and where they move to. People who monitor endangered species need to know if the ranges of migration have become larger or smaller through time. ENVIRONMENTAL MAPS These types of maps include maps that look at human's activity in urban and metropolitan areas and the environment in which we all live. Maps that illustrate physiographic features such as forests, grassland, woodland, tundra, grazing land, ocean floors, and ocean sediments could be included in this large grouping. Meteorological maps that show climate, weather and wind are types of environmental maps. Meteorologists, oceanographers, geographers, city planners, and many other professionals depend greatly on these maps to record and forecast their specific field. POLITICAL MAPS - locate a country, city, or state
WEATHER MAPS - see how the weather fronts are moving into an area
DISASTER MAPS - locate scenes of problem
ROAD MAPS - help people locate a business that might be advertising in a newspaper
The two types of projections are Mercator and Azimuthal Projections
four types of projection are Mercator, Robinson, Polar, and Interrupted
The three common map projections are the Mercator Projection, the equal-area projection, and the Conic Projection.
maps and globes
=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.=
distortion
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.
Map projections provide techniques to properly display features on maps, globes and atlases.
The other popular map projections include the so-called "compromise" projections, including: Robinson Winkel Tripel Dymaxion (Buckminster Fuller) Butterfly Map (Cahill) Kavrayskiy Wagner pseudocylindrical Chamberlin trimetric Fine's cordiform
Map makers are called cartographers. There are 3 generally accepted types of map projections. These are cylindrical projections, conic projects and planar projections.
The most common map projections are based on three main geometric shapes: 1) Sphere to a Plane 2) Cylindrical Projections, 3) Conic Projections.
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Polar,Robinson,interupted,mecartor
=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.=
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.
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Map Projections - 1977 was released on: USA: 1977
distortion
Distortion
Map are projections in a systematic transformation of the latitudes and longitudes of the locations on the surface of a sphere. Map projections distort the surface in a little bi, depending on the purpose of the map.
The three fundamental properties are; Map Scale, Map Projections, and Symbols on Maps. I hope this is useful I found it in my Human Geography text book.