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R1-R9 Review In the Back of your Book!!! MAP PROJECTIONS
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Global Information Systems (GIS) Global Positioning System (GPS)
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Remote Sensing Remote Sensing - technology used to create maps, without having to physically touch the territory being described. Often deployed from a plane or satellite.
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For each of the following Map Projections consider… 1. Why is this Map type valuable? 2. What is the purpose of this type of Map? 3. What information does / can this Map convey?
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THE LAW OF MAPS You cannot unfold a GLOBE equally!!! There will always be some degree of distortion!!! Shape / Size vs. Direction
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Mercator Projection
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Robinson Projection
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Fuller Projection
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Azimuthal Projection
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Contour Lines
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DOT MAP
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Isoline Map
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Choropleth Map
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Cartogram Map
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World Map of Political Borders
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Cartogram Map – World Population Borders/Area distorted to show data
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Cartogram Map Transforms Space (of political unit) Borders/Area distorted to show data Greatest value for some type of data becomes largest mass of area
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Cartogram Article Cartogram Project www.worldmapper.org
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