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3 The creation of maps including projection and design.

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8 1) Mercator 2) Interrupted 3) Peters Projection 4) Robinson Projection 5) Conic 6) Azimuthal

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10 Greenland South America

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12 Advantages: Shows the correct areas of landmasses and oceans Directions are accurate Disadvantages: Distorts the shapes of Africa and South America  they appear longer and thinner than they really are Africa South America

13 Advantages: Correct sizes and shapes of most landmasses Fairly accurate- sizes and shapes of landmasses Accurately shows sizes of oceans and distances across land Disadvantages: Distorts regions along edges

14 Distances true only along standard parallels; reasonably accurate elsewhere in limited regions. Directions are reasonably accurate. Distortion of shapes and areas minimal at, but increases away from standard parallels. Shapes on large-scale maps of small areas are essentially true.

15  Advantage: shows correct distances between places when taken from the center point of the projection  Disadvantage : distances from all other points are incorrect, and areas and shapes get distorted the more one moves away from the center of the projection.  Often used in air navigation

16  Which representation of the Earth is more accurate: globes or maps? Why?  True or False: All map projections are distorted.  What are the 6 types of map projections?  What is one advantage and one disadvantages of each map projection?

17 In reality: Greenland is 1/8 th the size of South America. How does the Mercator map distort Greenland? Greenland South America

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19 How do the shapes of Africa and South America on the Peters Projection compare with the actual shapes of Africa and South America?

20 What is a disadvantage of the Robinson Projection?

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