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Cartographers can represent the spherical Earth on flat paper by making a which is like casting shadows from the spherical world onto a flat piece of paper

Cartographers an represent the spherical Earth on flat paper by making a projection, which is like casting shadows from the spherical world onto a flat piece of paper.

What are the 3 primary GIS data types that GPS receivers collect

vector GIS,

Raster GIS,

Hybrid GIS

While earlier developments in cartography were driven largely by exploration of unknown lands later developments were driven more by the need to what

more accurately represent and understand what had already been explored.

Which projection might you use to most easily visualize shipping routes and their compass headings using one view of the entire globe

Mercator

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