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Earth from Space Courtesy of NASA
A map maker’s challenge: How to flatten the Earth?
Techniques of map projection
Dr. Bob Abramms
Making a flat map of the Earth…
is like peeling an orange
It can be done at random
or following a pattern
Type 1: Cylinder Three Types of Projections © ODT, Inc.
Type 2: Plane Three Types of Projections © ODT, Inc.
Type 3: Cone Three Types of Projections © ODT, Inc.
Four map projections of the same face © ODT, Inc.
Mercator’s original 1569 projection Courtesy of the National Geographic Society.
Current political map on Mercator projection © Rand McNally
Gerardus Mercator
Peters Projection World Map © Akademische Verlagsanstalt [In North America] [Elsewhere]
Dr. Arno Peters © ODT, Inc.
Toronto-centered Map © Leonard Guelke
Toronto-centered Map with mileage © Leonard Guelke
Leonard Guelke
Earth from Space Courtesy of NASA.
NASA space flight footage Courtesy of NASA.
Paul Hoffman Founder of EarthSeals Courtesy of NASA.
EarthSeals stickers Courtesy of NASA.
Paul Hoffman with EarthSeals stickers Courtesy of NASA.
Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion World Map ©
Buckminster Fuller ©
Round globe unfolding to Dymaxion World Map © Chris Rywalt
McArthur’s Universal Corrective Map of the World © Stuart McArthur, contact
Stuart McArthur, age 12
Stuart McArthur, age 15 (far right) Exchange student in Japan
Stuart McArthur, age 21 Graduation Day
Arthur H. Robinson © Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
"What's Up? South!" World Map © ODT, Inc.
GeoSphere Project ©
Tom Van Sant ©
Population Map © ODT, Inc.
Hobo-Dyer, North on top © ODT, Inc.
Hobo-Dyer, South on top © ODT, Inc.
Hobo-Dyer, Carter Center Map © ODT, Inc.
Terry Hardaker
Martin Luz
Pro-Tibet marchers rally
to protest
China’s occupation
of a sovereign nation
Dr. Bob Abramms & Ruth Abrams
Lesson Plans