Distortion on Maps
* school geography1. It is impossible to represent a sphere as a flate plane without some form of distortion
- To translate the globe onto something flat, we use something called projection
- Tis leeds to misrepresentations of shape, area, distance, or directions
- various map projections exist to minimize specific distortions
- Every single form of projection have their own tradeoffs
2. Mercator Map Projection
- The mercator preserves the shape of countries
- It also preserves direction
- Its original purpose was for navigation
- This was posible by varying the distance between the latitude lines
- It fails to represent size properly: Objects get larger as you stray from the equator
- Most cartographers do not use the mercator
3. Gall-peter map projection
- Area is equal
- However, shape is distorted.
4. Winkel-Trinkel
- The winkel-Trinkel features a fair balance of shape & direction.
5. Elsewhere
5.1. References
5.2. In my garden
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