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What map projection is an elliptical equal-area projection that distorts shapes near the edges?
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Mollweide Projection is an elliptical equal-area projection, designed in 1805 by German mathematician Carl B Mollweide, represents the size of landforms quite accurately, but distorts shapes near the edges.
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What is the best map projection to use?
Robinson Projection because it has minor distortions, the sizes and shapes near the eastern and western edges of the map are accurate, and outlines of the continents appear much as they do on the globe.
A change in the accuracy of shapes and distances on a map is called?
distortion
What are the three main types of galxies classified by their shapes?
There are the the spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxy formations.
What map have projection has fairly accurate shapes in the center but increasing distorting toward the edges?
All two dimensional (flat) maps (called projections) of the surface of the Earth have distortion. Several projections are used to create such maps and each is better for some uses and not others. There is no most distorted projection. It depends on the intended use for the map.
What are the disadvantages and advantages of azimuthal projection?
This map projection has the advantage of showing the correct distances between places when taken from the centre point of the projection, however it has the disadvantage that the distances from all other points are incorrect, and areas and shapes get distorted more that one moves away from the centre of the projection.
Which projection distorts shapes the most?
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What type of map projection shows shapes and sizes great?
A topographic map.
What is the best map projection to use?
Robinson Projection because it has minor distortions, the sizes and shapes near the eastern and western edges of the map are accurate, and outlines of the continents appear much as they do on the globe.
What are some other shapes of galaxies?
spiral, barred spiral, elliptical, irregular, and peculiar
What are the shapes of all galaxies?
Spiral, barred spiral, lenticular, elliptical, irregular, and peculiar.
A change in the accuracy of shapes and distances on a map is called?
distortion
What is the main advantage of the Goode's projection?
It shows the size and shapes of continents more accurately.
What are the main features of the mercator projection?
Mercator:Mercator projection works very poorly in polar regions and becomes undefined at the north and south poles. Historically Mercator is interesting because it is one of the oldest map projections to be used. Christopher Columbus used the Mercator projection in his travels to the new world. This projection is often used in navigation because any straight line is a rhumb line (a line of constant direction). Parallels of latitude and longitude are straight. Features increase in size as the map approaches the poles. Areas and shapes of large areas are distorted. Distortion increases away from the equator and is extreme in polar regions. However, being a conformal projection, angles and shapes within any small area are essentially true.
What is the advantage of a Robinson Projection?
Robinson projection is a map projection of a world map, which shows the entire world at once.
Who explained that the combination of inertia and gravity cause the elliptical shapes of orbits?
Isaac Newton was his name.
What are the three main types of galxies classified by their shapes?
There are the the spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxy formations.
What map have projection has fairly accurate shapes in the center but increasing distorting toward the edges?
All two dimensional (flat) maps (called projections) of the surface of the Earth have distortion. Several projections are used to create such maps and each is better for some uses and not others. There is no most distorted projection. It depends on the intended use for the map.
