APHG Unit 1: Identifying Projections

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<p>Winkel Projection</p>

Winkel Projection

-accurate size of landmasses

-landmasses look smaller than those of interrupted maps of the same size

-areas towards the North and South poles are distorted

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<p>Mercator Projection</p>

Mercator Projection

-Accurate Direction

-Used for naval expedition

-Significant distortion in size and location

-Greenland looks larger than Africa

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<p>Goode Homolosine Projection</p>

Goode Homolosine Projection

-True size and shape of land

-Distortion in distance at the edges of the map

-Would not be used as a reference for direction as it is an INTERRUPTED MAP

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<p>Gall-Peters Projection</p>

Gall-Peters Projection

-More accurate at showing Earth’s landmasses

-Distortion at direction and shape

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Robinson Projection

-tries to create a visually appealing map

-distorts the poles

-preserves the size and shape of landmasses

-spreads the distortion across the map