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Edith Gentry
17 March, 14:41
In portraying the earth, name 3 map projections
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17 March, 16:05
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The earth is in the shape of a Geoid, with a grid of Lat Longs that represent the earth in terms of a cylinder, a sphere and cone by preserving various properties on the map.
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Projection is made to show the earth's surface and keep track of global navigation patterns, keeping in mind the distortions like shape, size, and area. some of the most common are the Mercator projection, Genomic projection, Azimuthal equal-area projection. Mercator projection relates to the area-preserving impact on the earth. Genomic projection is used to represent the greater circles around the sphere as straight lines. Azimuthal being the equal-area projection
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