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Map makers want to make maps that do three things (amongst others):
* Preserve angles – to determine direction of travel
* Preserve relative areas – to compare land measurements
* Preserve relative distances – to estimate time of travel
Unfortunately no map can simultaneous have all three so maps can only approximate the real geometry of a curved surface.
Map making, therefore, is a compromise so there are many different named projections.
Here are a few.
IMG:Mercator.png
* Mercator - rhumb lines are represented by straight segments
IMG:Strerographic.png
* Stereographic - shape of circles are conserved
IMG:Hammerprojection.png
* Hammer projection is an equal-area map projection
IMG:Conical.png
* Conical Gnomonic projection - gnomonic projection displays all great circles as straight lines.
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| |>> IMG:Mercator.png _ Mercator _ rhumb lines are represented _ by straight segments | |>> IMG:Strerographic.png _ Stereographic _ shape of circles _ are conserved |
| |>> IMG:Hammerprojection.png _ Hammer projection is an _ equal-area map projection | |>> IMG:Conical.png _ Conical Gnomonic projection _ displays all great circles as straight lines. |
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