Map Projections, Scale, and Manipulation.

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Map Projections, Scale, and Manipulation

All Maps Lie.... Because the world is a sphere and maps are flat, there will always be some degree of distortion. The next several slides will display some of the more popular distortions.

Cylindrical

(Equirectangular)

Psuedocylindrical

Goode Homolosine

Azimuthal

Stereographic

Orthographic

Psuedoazimuthal

Hammer

Conic

Albers Conic

Polyhedral

Dymaxion Map

Types of Thematic Maps

Dot Maps

Isoline Maps

Choropleth maps

Cartogram

Cartogram

Proportional Symbol US Population

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