Friday, October 7, 2016

Maps

How we choose to map the world can be subjective. Having a Grid Lines, Where to put the Prime Meridian, How to project a sphere going through space onto paper is a subjective exercise. Look at these examples.
Mercator Projection


Gall-Peters Projection

Australia on top



Europe off to the side

Posted by Room 10 at 10:06 AM

2 comments:

  1. kairi hilary emma taylorOctober 7, 2016 at 10:56 AM

    1. file:///Users/k.roncadin/Desktop/brights-mercator-political_lg.jpg
    2. australian-world-map.jpg
    3. 1024px-Mercator_projection_SW.jpg
    4. 1280px-Gall–Peters_projection_SW.jpg
    5. data=RfCSdfNZ0LFPrHSm0ublXdzhdrDFhtmHhN1u-gM,v61qI3q-5hG7Mvfn-eX-j5-WFAJtQCrNZIgxL9rRAniEdpUdaJdoBg8_g914tk_skP_rWNk-h0lWkl8NK0zJbzfxKgBTRalHEvc0xyxfCeQO.png

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  2. rudraOctober 11, 2016 at 3:27 PM

    azimuthal https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Lambert_azimuthal_equal-area_projection_SW.jpg
    equal area http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/mollweide.gif
    equidistant http://www.sfu.ca/~harrism/Second.png

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