Types of Map Projections

Mercator’s

Purpose: Navigation

Mercator’s

Directions are accurate

Mercator’s

Space between lines of latitude and longitude are distorted

Mercator’s

Lines of longitude & latitude meet at right angles

Gall-Peter’s

Purpose: spatial distribution related to area

Gall-Peter’s

Sizes of land masses are acurate

Gall-Peter’s

Shapes are distorted; especially near the poles

Gall-Peter’s

Looks stretched out

Conic

General use in mid-latitude countries

Conic

Lines of latitude converge

Conic

Curved lines of latitude & longitude

Conic

Size & shape are fairly accurate

Conic

Distorts direction

Robinson’s

General use purposes

Robinson’s

No major distortions

Robinson’s

Oval shape, appears like a globe

Robinson’s

Area, shape, size, and direction are all distorted

Mercator’s

Gall-Peter’s

Conic

Robinson’s