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Why is this funny?

Parts of a map p. 26 India

Map Projections p.22-23

Equal-Area Projection True shape and true size, but distance is wrong and its just weird!

Robinson Projection Pretty accurate, except the poles are flattened.

Winkel Tripel Projection Pretty accurate, but lines of longitude and latitude are curved.

Mercator Projection True shape of continents, but size and distance are very distorted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqEbzHV_DAc

Polar Projection Shows the poles really well, but doesn’t show all of Earth.

MAP TYPES p.28-31

POLITICAL

PHYSICAL

ELEVATION MAP

SPECIAL PURPOSE

WORLD RELIGIONS

CLIMATE

LAND USE or RESOURCE

POPULATION

HISTORICAL

CONTOUR

ROAD MAP

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