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Four things can happen in any map projection, and one of them always occurs, due to the issue of putting a 3-dimensional plan on a flat surface.
Size, shape, direction, and distance can be distorted on any map. Mercator is the most obvious of these, and several changes the size of Siberia, making it appear huge as compared to anywhere else. In fact, Siberia isn't THAT big, but the projection makes for great propoganda purposes...either making the U.S.S.R. in the old days look like an overpowering juggernaught, or by making the United States look puny in comparison. In all reality, the United States had more people, a stronger economy, and better technology, and the U.S.S.R.'s only advantage was in their nuclear stockpile.
The Robinson projection screws up distance and direction on the outermost region, while preserving the center almost as it is on the globe. The basic idea of all of this is that if you take a piece of paper and try to conform it to a globe, shining a light in the center of the globe to imprint the picture onto the paper, the image that results will always be distorted in one way or another. If you're studying geography, maps are nice, but nothing beats a globe (except, of course, in compactness and transportability).
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Continents map?
A map of the world with the continents is included in the link below.
What is the grid location of vinson massif?
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.
Why do mapmakers use map projections?
so people can no what there doing and where there going
World map continent?
A map of the world with the continents is included in the link below.
Where do you put the continents on a map?
you pult them on paper
Which mapmaking method would be used to minimize distortion of continents on a world map?
Interrupted Projections
What are some of the problems with map projections?
Distortion
Why does every map projection have some degree of distortion?
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.
What does map projection mean in geography terms?
the map projection was high intolleranse to my speech
What are the release dates for Map Projections - 1977?
Map Projections - 1977 was released on: USA: 1977
Why are there different types of map projections?
=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.=
Are there 3 main types of map projection?
Map makers are called cartographers. There are 3 generally accepted types of map projections. These are cylindrical projections, conic projects and planar projections.
What do map projections have in common?
distortion
What is the most common map projection used?
The most common map projections are based on three main geometric shapes: 1) Sphere to a Plane 2) Cylindrical Projections, 3) Conic Projections.
What type of map projection portrays accurate sizes but distorts the shapes of land masses?
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.
Continents map?
A map of the world with the continents is included in the link below.
Since Earth is a sphere maps are?
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.
