AP Human Geography Map Projections

Peters projection

distorts shape and distance, preserves area, land in South America and Africa will appear to be very stretched out while Europe remains compact

Robinson project

all are slightly distorted, shape and area are preserved for the most part, rounded left and right sides with straight bottom and top edges

Polar projection

distorts the bottom half of the globe along with shape and area, preserves distance and direction from the center point, its a bird's eye view

Mercator projection

land area and shape are distorted, distance is preserved, Greenland and Asia will be huge in comparison to other maps

what is an advantage of the peters projection?

preserves area

what is an advantage of the robinson projection?

shape and area are preserved for the most part

what is an advantage of the polar projection?

preserves distance and direction from the center point

what is an advantage of the mercator projection?

distance is preserved

what is a disadvantage of the peters projection

distorts shape and distance

what is a disadvantage of the robinson projection

all are slightly distorted

what is a disadvantage of the polar projection

distorts the bottom half of the globe along with shape and area

what is a disadvantage of the mercator projection

land area and shape are distorted

which of these is the peters projection?

which of these is the robinson projection

which of these is the polar projection

which of these is the mercator projection