APHG Map Projections (+ strengths n weaknesses)

Mercator Map Projection

✅

Precise direction

❌

Size (In the poles)

Goode Homolosine Projection

✅

Minimizes most of the distortion

Maintain size

❌

Hard to present information easily

Bad for direction

Fuller Projection

✅

Maintains size and shape of land mass

❌

Hard to present information easily

Does not use cardigal directions

Robinson projection

✅

Minimizes by spreading distortion through every aspect

❌

Winkel Tripel Projection

✅

minimal distortion in land, distance, and direction

❌

distorted pole

longtitude and latitude is curved

Polar/Azimuthal projection

✅

distance to and from center is correct

❌

distance between other points are distorted

The Gall-Peters Projection

✅

more accurate at the equator, less towards the poles

❌

countries are all the correct sizes