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What does land masses of the earth mean?
The land masses of the Earth are the continents.
Why do isostasy occurs?
equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses
What is one of the seven large land masses of the earth?
Asia.Any one of these land masses is called a "continent".
What are the largest land masses in the world?
russia
What were the first land masses called?
Pangea
What projection map shows size of various land masses?
The equal-area projection shows size of various land masses.
What kind of map projection would you use to show the size of various land masses?
Equal-Area projection
What mapmaking method would minimize distortion of land masses on a world map?
A mapmaking method that minimizes distortion of land masses is the Equal Area projection, which preserves accurate relative sizes of land areas. Examples include the Mollweide and Goode's Homolosine projections.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Mollweide projection?
The Mollweide Projection shows areas that land masses are larger and they are larger. The disorts are shape of land and direction.
What are the disadvantages and advantages of the Mollweide projections?
The Mollweide Projection shows areas that land masses are larger and they are larger. The disorts are shape of land and direction.
What map have projection has fairly accurate shapes in the center but increasing distorting toward the edges?
All two dimensional (flat) maps (called projections) of the surface of the Earth have distortion. Several projections are used to create such maps and each is better for some uses and not others. There is no most distorted projection. It depends on the intended use for the map.
Why does Greenland appear so large in relation to other land masses on a map using a cylindrical projection?
Because of distortion
In mapping what is the difference between mercator projection and an equal area projection?
Mercator projection distorts the size of land masses, resulting in high distortion near the poles. Equal area projections maintain accurate land area proportions, making them useful for representing data like population density.
Who was mapmaker?
Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish cartographer, is famous for creating the Mercator projection map in the 16th century. This projection greatly helped in maritime navigation but distorts the size of land masses as they get closer to the poles.
Which projection show shape of landmasses most accurately?
There is no map that shows all of the land masses correct shapes. Cylindrical projections will show land masses accurately if they are close to the equator. Planar will show them correctly at the center of the map. And conic projection will show the poles accurately. If you really need perfect sizes, use a globe (: hope that helped!
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the polyconic projection?
Disadvantage: The lines of latitude and longitude are curved slightly, it is distorted, so the more distant a land form is from the point the more distorted it is likely to beAdvantage: most land forms have their true shape and size in relation to each other, it is useful to mapping large areas of land that fall in the middle latitude.Your Welcome -Jay
Does the Mercator projection show the size or the location of the continents more accurately on a map?
It's the location. 'A projection is a system for mapping the round Earth on a flat surface. The Mercator projection map shows the accurate locations of the continents and oceans. The land and water areas, however, are greatly distorted toward the North and South Poles.'
