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Do equidistant projection show distance and direction or size and shape?
yes it does shows everything correctly
What are four important elements which a map projection attempts to show?
shape, size or area ,distance and direction
Does the mercator projection more accurately show the size shape or the location of the continents on a map?
Mercator projection is used on ships. It shows the correct shapes of continents but the areas are distorted. The longitude lines are parallel which makes the areas at the poles seem larger than they actually are. Hope this helps.
What is the advantage of a Robinson Projection?
Robinson projection is a map projection of a world map, which shows the entire world at once.
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.
Do equidistant projection show distance and direction or size and shape correctly?
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Do equidistant projection show distance and direction or size and shape?
yes it does shows everything correctly
What are four important elements which a map projection attempts to show?
shape, size or area ,distance and direction
Would you use a Mercator Projection to find the exact distance between two locations?
No because the Mercator projection distorts the size and shape of large objects, as the scale increases from the Equator to the poles, where it becomes infinite.
What is a sentence with the words map projection?
the character of the building's structure was punctuated by the unusually placed projection on the north-facing side. :)
How does a cartographer determine which map projection to use?
A cartographer determines which map projection to use based on the purpose of the map and the area being represented. Factors considered include the shape, area distortion, direction distortion, and scale distortion of the projection in relation to the specific geographic region being mapped. Different projections prioritize different characteristics, such as preserving shape, area, direction, or distance.
How do you use map projection in a sentence?
Map projection is a technique used to represent the three-dimensional surface of the Earth onto a two-dimensional map. This helps to minimize distortion of the Earth's features such as shape, area, distance, and direction when mapping different regions.
Only a globe can show true distance direction size and shape of landmasses all at the same time?
Yes, that is correct.
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.
Flat maps that represent a portion of the round earth?
Flat maps that represent a portion of the round earth are called "world maps". These maps use projections to show the Earth's curved surface on a flat surface, with distortions in size, shape, distance, or direction. Popular world maps include the Mercator projection, the Peters projection, and the Winkel Tripel projection.
Is north always straight on the eckert projection?
No, on the Eckert projection, north is not always represented as being straight. The Eckert projection is an equal-area map projection that distorts shape and direction in order to preserve area. This means that while areas are accurate, angles and shapes are distorted, including the direction of north.
What four properties of a map can be distorted by projection?
I'm not sure I understand the question. But of course the globe is a sphere, and a sphere can not be correctly represented on a 2D plane (eg. a paper map). The distortion effect is minimised though as the area represented gets smaller. The other is that grid north and magnetic north differ.
