Saturday, September 19, 2020

map projection

 To create a map cartographers transfer an I'mage of the round earth to a flat surface a process called projection. all projection invoke  distortion  for example and interrupted projection (bottom map) show accurate shapes and relative size of land areas but oceans have gaps other types of projection are cylindrical conic or azimuthal each with certain advantages but all with some distortion. from a called national geographic kids 











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